A woman has been disqualified from driving after she smashed into the back of a police car on the A1307 while three times the legal alcohol limit.

Cambridgeshire police officers were sat in a police car on the A1307 while they attended the scene of a broken-down vehicle near Spittals and Alconbury.

At around 10:30pm on March 28, a Volkswagen Polo being driven by Louise Rowlands drove through the coned closure and ploughed into the back of the police car.

Rowlands, 54, of Seabrooke Vale, Hythe, Kent, admitted to drink driving and blew 109 at the roadside, three times the legal limit of 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.

She went on to provide an evidential reading of 96 in custody.

At Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (May 1), Rowlands was disqualified from driving for 23 months after pleading guilty to drink driving and driving without due care and attention. She must also carry out 40 hours unpaid work.

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PC Jemma Russell, who investigated, said: “The officers were at the scene assisting a member of the public who had broken down.

"They were in a marked police car with all emergency lights and the matrix board activated. There were also blue lights illuminating the coned closure.

“It is sheer luck that Rowlands didn’t seriously injure one of the officers at the scene, the recovery agent dealing with the earlier broken down car or even herself.

“This incident demonstrates the danger drink drivers can present when they get behind the wheel of a car. There is no excuse for drink driving and we urge anyone who knows a drink driver to report it to us.”