Drink-driving detective sacked after flipping car

Police activity near Bristol's Feeder Canal after two people died after their car plunged into the canal. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday January 24, 2016. Dozens of emergency crews were called to the scene this evening. Eyewitnesses described the car as "sinking like a stone" after it crashed through a barrier and into the city's Feeder Canal. See PA story ACCIENT Canal. Photo credit should read: Claire Hayhurst/PA Wire



A drink-driving police detective has been sacked after flipping a car and causing around £2,400 of damage.

According to the Derby Telegraph, former detective constable Matthew Goodwin crashed on July 16, 2016 while he was over the drink drive limit.

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