Car crashed after kebab road trip

A DAD drove from Exeter to Coventry with his young children in the car for a kebab – before crashing on the M5 on the way back.

He was around 300 miles into his road trip when he crashed his white BMW on the motorway near Portishead, according to Avon and Somerset police.

The family told officers they had travelled from Exeter to Coventry to pick up a kebab, and were on their way home when the smash occurred.

Officers fined the motorist for various offences, including driving with no licence or insurance, and coronavirus breaches.

Under lockdown rules, all non-essential travel has been banned, and people have been urged to stay home.

Avon and Somerset’s road policing unit tweeted: “RTC on the M5 at Portishead. The driver had no licence or insurance. He had his wife, and two young children in the vehicle.

“They were returning to Exeter from Coventry where they had travelled to buy a kebab.

“Driver reported for various offences including the Covid breach.”

Devon and Cornwall Police have fined several people for flouting lockdown rules in January.