There was no room at the inn for one drunk driver in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.
An intoxicated man driving a mini cooper was apprehended by the North Yorkshire Police after crashing his Mini Cooper into a steel barrier on the A659. The man had attempted to evade the police by hiding in a manger scene, amid the hay and shepherds and baby Jesus.
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The police tweeted about the not-so-silent night shortly afterwards.
Driver runs from RTC in #tadcaster & tries to hide in nativity display. Located & arrested #overthelimitunderarrest pic.twitter.com/TsrSu3zVgs— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) December 12, 2015
Naturally, such bizarre news prompted some quips and puns from the Twitterverse that would make any dad-joke enthusiast proud.
@NYorksRPG Not even the baby Jesus could save him— Alan Huddart (@alanhuddart) December 12, 2015
@NYorksRPG Suggest you charge him with Mangerous Driving.— Steven Burkeman (@stevenburkeman) December 13, 2015
@NYorksRPG obviously not one of the wise men— Bill Simpson (@fc963ec364de471) December 12, 2015
@NYorksRPG @andyp05 God arrest ye merry gentlemen..— Neil Royce (@royceylufc) December 12, 2015
Even Sgt. Paul Cording, of the Roads Policing Group, joined in with a few puns of his own.
"Gold" star to my @NYorksRPG colleagues as one "myrrh" drink driver with no (frankin)"cense" is taken off the road https://t.co/zbB2vLrDnz— Paul Cording (@OscarRomeo1268) December 12, 2015
So remember, please don't drink and drive.