A DRIVER caught speeding and running a red light was rushing to get to his pregnant girlfriend.

PC Claire Gray, an officer from West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit, first spotted a white Volkswagen overtaking in Cleckheaton.

The driver of the car then began speeding, before going through a red traffic light.

PC Gray pulled over the vehicle.

The man driving the car told the officer that he was speeding, and had gone through on a red light, because he thought his girlfriend was going into labour.

PC Gray posted about the incident on social media website, Twitter.

She said: "Driver witnessed overtaking and then speeding before going through a red traffic light.

"His reason why?

"He thought his girlfriend was going into labour.

"Driving like that is not going to get you to the hospital safely. Drive to arrive."