A bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of various different offences after he drove the vehicle along the Metrolink tram tracks this morning
The startling image of a bus driving along tram tracks in Wythenshawe was published online by police this morning . The vehicle's driver has been arrested on suspicion of various different offences.
Greater Manchester Police Traffic Officers posted a picture of the bus travelling along the tracks on its official Twitter account in the early hours of this morning . The post alleged that the driver was unfit to be in charge of the vehicle through drink and/or drugs. They said blood samples had been taken from the driver after he was detained. The post at 4.31am today read: "The wheels on this bus no longer go round and round!"
READ MORE: The tap-in and tap-out transport system that will transform how people get around Greater Manchester In the tweet, the police alleged that the bus driver was "unfit through drink/drugs" and that "he thought his bus was a tram and decided to drive along the tram tracks!".Anyone convicted of drug driving will receive a minimum one-year driving ban, an unlimited fine, up to six months in prison and a criminal record. The penalty for causing death by dangerous driving under the influence of drugs is a prison sentence of up to 14 years.
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