Drink driver crashes in Wasleys

About 1.30am on Tuesday 22 January, police and emergency services were called to the intersection of Currie Road and Mudla Wirra Road at Wasleys after a report of a single car crash.

Police will allege a black Mercedes Benz left the road and collided with a road sign and a small embankment.

The driver, a 46-year-old man from New Port suffered minor injuries as a result of the crash.  He submitted to a breath test where he returned a positive result of 0.203 – more than four times over the legal limit.  He was issued with a 12 month immediate loss of licence.

He was reported for drink driving and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.