A woman and four teenager were seriously injured after a car left the road and crashed into a wall on Christmas Day.
Police say a man has now been arrested as three boys aged 13, 15 and 17, a 17-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were injured in a smash near Blackpool. Lancashire Police says that while the injuries are serious, they are not considered life-threatening.
Officers were called to Common Edge Road after reports a Mercedes car had left the road and hit a wall shortly before 10.30pm, the force said. The car had been travelling north towards Blackpool from St Annes.
The road reopened on Tuesday morning.
A 42-year-old man from St Annes was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol and failing to provide a specimen for analysis. He remained in police custody on Tuesday.
Sergeant Paul McCurrie, from the Lancashire Police Road Policing Unit, said: “Our enquiries to establish the full circumstances of what led to the collision are ongoing.
“I would ask any witnesses or anybody with any CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage which would help our investigation to contact the police as soon as possible.”
Anyone with useful information has been asked to email the force at SCIU@lancashire.police.uk, or call 101 quoting log 987 of December 25 2023.
