Chester: Mercedes driver arrested after collision involving tractor that crashed into houses | UK News

Chester: Mercedes driver arrested after collision involving tractor that crashed into houses | UK News

A Mercedes driver has been arrested after a collision involving a tractor that crashed into two houses.

A Mercedes driver has been arrested after a collision involving a tractor that crashed into two houses.

The Mercedes and the tractor collided on the A51 Vicars Cross Road in Chester, Cheshire, at around 6.35am on Tuesday, police said.

The tractor crashed into two semi-detached properties, causing extensive damage including the collapse of outside walls, but the occupants were not injured.

Handout file photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary of the scene on the A51 at Vicars Cross Road in Chester, where a tractor crashed into the front walls of two houses in a road collision. A man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and drug-driving following the collision on Tuesday. Issue date: Wednesday April 2, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Tractor. Photo credit should read: Cheshire Constabulary/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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The scene of the collision. Pic: Cheshire Constabulary/PA

The driver of the Mercedes – a 52-year-old man from Boughton – has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and drug-driving, Cheshire Police said.

He has been released pending further inquiries.

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The drivers of the two vehicles were taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital as a precaution but were later released.

Both vehicles have been recovered from the scene.

Cheshire Police has appealed for anyone with information or video footage to contact them.

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