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18th Mar 2018

Ant McPartlin crashes his car and is arrested on suspicion of drink-driving

He is in custody and is being questioned by police.

Gillian Fitzpatrick

Ant McPartlin was on Sunday afternoon arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

The 42-year-old star was involved in a three-car smash: his Mini hit two other vehicles in south-west London.

A witness told The Sun that in the aftermath “Ant looked like his world had just ended”.

The same publication added that Mr McPartlin got “agitated and argumentative with a policewoman as she arrested him”. At least six police cars attended the scene and it is believed the TV presenter immediately failed a breath-test.

It is suspected that Ant’s car veered into the wrong lane after coming round a sharp bend on Lower Richmond Road.

The Sun quotes a witness who says that a family had been in one of the other “completely smashed in” vehicles.

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“A little girl aged six or seven was crying as her mum tried to calm her down,” they stated.

The child wasn’t seriously hurt, but was taken to hospital as a precaution

Last summer, Ant attended a rehab treatment facility for drink and prescription drug addictions. He announced earlier this year that he was divorcing his wife of 11 years, Lisa.

He is currently being questioned at a police station.