Police dog Kez tracks suspected drink driver after BMW crashed into tree in Northampton

Carly Odell
By Carly Odell
Published 9th May 2023, 10:18 BST
Updated 9th May 2023, 10:18 BST
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The 43-year-old will appear in court later this month

A Kettering man has been arrested and charged after a BMW crashed into a tree in Northampton.

The incident happened in Reynard Way, Northampton, between 11pm and 11.45pm on Friday, May 5.

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The driver left the scene, but Police Dog Kez tracked him to a nearby address in Obelisk Rise.

Police Dog Kez helped to track the suspect in a nearby Northampton street.Police Dog Kez helped to track the suspect in a nearby Northampton street.
Police Dog Kez helped to track the suspect in a nearby Northampton street.

A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman said: “We received a report that a grey BMW M-Sport GT had collided with a tree and that the driver had left the scene. PD Kez and her handler tracked the driver from the scene to a nearby address in Obelisk Rise, Northampton.

"The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst over the prescribed limit of alcohol and was subsequently charged with failing to provide a specimen for analysis.”

The defendant, 43-year-old Darius Zaleckas of Edinburgh Road, Kettering, was released on bail to appear before Northampton Magistrates’ Court on May 22.