Katie Price arrested after alleged ‘drink and drug drive’ crash

Katie Price is facing jail time after allegedly being caught under the influence of alcohol and drugs following a car accident.

Katie Price has been rushed to hospital after rolling her BMW in a “drink and drug drive” smash in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

According to The Sun, the 43-year-old star could be facing jail time over the accident.

Pictures show Price’s car turned on its side across the road – with the mangled front crashed into some bushes.

The blue lights of an ambulance can been seen behind the vehicle, with it confirmed that the road was briefly closed due to the accident earlier on Tuesday.

A picture taken at the crash scene. Picture: Sussex Roads Police/Twitter

Katie Price. Picture: Aaron Parfitt/Backgrid

Wreckage from the car has also been pictured at the location.

Police at the scene arrested Price, who is understood to be banned from driving, for alleged drink-driving – and she may now face jail time if charged and found guilty.

Authorities are investigating reports she was on an “all-night binge” and may have even been driving to get more drugs when she crashed at around 5am.

Sources told The Sun she had “stayed up all night partying with a few close friends”.

Meanwhile, her family have shared a message saying their “worst fears nearly came true” in her alleged “drink-drive” crash.

During an appearance on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, Price appeared to confirm that she was still serving a driving ban, and won’t get her licence back until later this year.

A source said of today’s accident: “Katie rolled her car and was in a bad way when police arrived.

“She’s in hospital now and everyone is desperately worried about her and why she was driving.”

Price and son Harvey attend the National Television Awards 2021 on September 9 in London. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

A Sussex Police spokeswoman confirmed: “Police responded to reports of a single-vehicle collision on the B2135 near Partridge Green around 6.20am on Tuesday (September 28).

“A woman, 43, was arrested on suspicion of driving while above the legal limit for alcohol and drugs, and has been taken to hospital to be checked over.

“The road was blocked temporarily while recovery of the vehicle was arranged.”

Paramedics added that they were called to the early morning crash and took one person to hospital.

Shortly afterwards, a statement from Price’s family was published to her Instagram account.

Katie Price’s family posted a message about her car crash. Picture: katieprice/Instagram

Price’s family said they were ‘concerned and worried about her deeply’. Picture: katieprice/Instagram

The message finished up with: “It takes great strength for one to acknowledge they need help, we hope the door is now open for Kate to learn to love herself and to be happy within.

“Mental illness is not a personal failure.”

The crash came just hours after Price spoke about her difficulty visiting son Harvey at his residential college in Cheltenham because she can’t get behind the wheel.

She explained on Good Morning Britain: “Obviously I don’t get my licence back until December, so I can’t just whiz in the car down there and it’s not close.”

Price was expected to get her driving licence back in April, but was banned for a further six months following an administration bungle.

The mother-of-five served an 18-month disqualification after withholding the identity of the driver of her pink Range Rover following a crash.

When she rang the UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to arrange her new licence earlier this year, she was told to serve another six months due to totting up another offence for speeding.

However, it is believed the forms Price needed to fill out after the conviction were sent to an old address.

According to the Sentencing Council, the maximum jail term for drink-driving is six months with an unlimited fine.

Price has previously been banned from driving six times in the last 10 years, with her first in 2010.

She was off the roads for six months following the incident, and in 2012 received a 12-month disqualification after failing to respond to two speeding tickets.

Price then got a six-month ban in 2018 for speeding after notching up 12 penalty points.

A year later, she was barred for three months after driving while disqualified in January 2019.

Price’s latest ban was given in October 2019 for 18 months after failing to tell police who was driving her pink Range Rover when it crashed in Bexley.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission