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Tideswell crash: Tesla driver arrested after 11 including 6 teens hurt after being hit by car on way home from festival

A TESLA driver has been arrested after 11 people were hit by a car on the way home from a festival.

Six teens are among the injured after the horror smash in Tideswell in the Peak District on Saturday evening.

11 have been injured in a horror smash in Tideswell
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11 have been injured in a horror smash in Tideswell

Witnesses say the car was driving erratically on the road before plowing into the victims and a tree.

The injured had been leaving the village's annual Carnival Day.

Police say a man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

They later raided a property in the village and found “a quantity of class A drugs” with the suspect “further arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply”.

Cops also confirmed the driver had been behind the wheel of a Tesla.

Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to contact Derbyshire police using any of the below methods, including reference 23000389069.