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Huddersfield Man Arrested After BMW Hits Pub Smoking Shelter, Injuring Two

Police now focus on witness video to advance the inquiry.

Overview

  • The blue BMW 335D crashed into the Four Horseshoes pub’s smoking shelter in Milnsbridge late Saturday, leaving two men with serious but not life‑threatening injuries.
  • Police later arrested a 35-year-old Huddersfield man on suspicion of drink-driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and two assaults, and released him on bail.
  • Officers say the driver allegedly attacked two men who tried to stop him before leaving in a white Volkswagen Golf that had a damaged rear window.
  • Investigators are asking for witnesses and any dashcam or CCTV that shows the BMW, the white Golf, or a black Audi S3 reportedly seen traveling in convoy earlier that evening.
  • The pub owner said several cars were racing through the village before the crash and called for traffic calming on the 30 mph stretch near a children’s day nursery.