Train driver’s breath test after 999 call

POLICE Letchworth station A COMMUTER train was stopped by police and the driver breathalysed after a passenger phoned 999 claiming he was drunk.

Officers removed the driver from his cab at 9.25am yesterday and gave him the test on platform – which he passed.

The London to Cambridge train was delayed at Letchworth Garden City, Herts, until the unnamed driver was allowed back in the cab.

Passenger Robert Cummins said: “We had no idea what was going on.

“It looked like the driver was being put in handcuffs. It took a while for it all to be sorted.”

A Great Northern Rail spokesman confirmed: “The train was stopped and the driver was asked to take a breath test.”