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Keogh’s season ended by injury sustained in Derby’s drink-driving shame

The Rams have confirmed that their club captain will miss the remainder of the 2019-20 campaign after being caught up in an incident on Tuesday night

Derby County have confirmed that club captain Richard Keogh will miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury in the drink-driving incident which has cast shame over the club.

On Tuesday evening, Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett were arrested after their cars were involved in a crash on the A6.

The pair were subsequently charged with drink-driving, with Derby launching their own internal investigation.

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That process remains ongoing, with no decision taken as yet regarding sanctions handed out to Lawrence and Bennett, but Keogh has paid the price for his involvement after seeing his campaign brought to a close.