A 43-year-old Taylor woman will appear in court today, Tuesday 28 June, after a drink-driving incident last night.
About 9pm on Monday, a Taylor resident noticed a car had pulled into his driveway. When he went outside, the driver of a green Holden Commodore stated she was having car problems and she would be calling someone for assistance.
After the man had heard the car fail to start on several occasions, he checked again on the driver who stated she had been drinking. The man urged her not to drive and to call for help, but the woman drove away about 9.40pm, and the man called ACT Policing Operations.
Police conducted patrols of Taylor shortly after 10pm and located a black Ford Mustang with damage to its front wheel and fender. Following skid marks from the Mustang, officers located a green Holden Commodore with front passenger-side damage about 250m away.
About 10.50pm, police observed a woman walking towards the registered address of the green Commodore’s owner. The woman refused to answer questions in relation to the location of her vehicle, and after she was cautioned and arrested, a search located keys matching the Commodore on her person.
When the woman underwent breath analysis at City Police Station, she recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.194. She was served with an immediate suspension notice, suspending her ACT licence for 90 days.
She will face the ACT Magistrates Court today charged with level four drink driving, not giving particulars to the owner of damaged property after a crash, and damaging property.
Officer in Charge Gungahlin Station, Detective Inspector Dave Craft said he was frustrated by the incident.
“There’s no justifiable reason to drink and drive, especially at levels like this,” said Detective Inspector Craft.
“It’s fair to say it’s just luck that it was only a couple of damaged cars in this case, instead of someone being seriously injured or killed.”
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