A 24-year-old man has been charged with failing to provide the police with a specimen for analysis after a car collided with a pylon in Baldock.

Barrington Williams, who lives in Bittern Way in Letchworth, has been charged in relation to the incident which saw a green Audi A4 smash into a pylon in North Road at about 2.30am on Monday.

UK Power Networks had to cut electricity supplies to 138 homes in Baldock for safety reasons after the incident and the road was closed in both directions until about 7am on Tuesday.

Mr Williams has been bailed and is due to appear at North and East Herts Magistrates’ Court on January 25.