Smart phone and smart dog catch driver

At 12.30am Thursday 20 June police received an automated Telstra message that a crash had occurred on Croydon Avenue. When police arrived at the scene they found crash damage to a tree and skid marks on the road but no vehicle.

Western patrols searched the area quickly locating a Holden Commodore on nearby Day Terrace with crash damage. PD Chaos was called in to assist with the search and tracked from the abandoned vehicle to a nearby home locating two young men behind a fence.

Police spoke to the 18-year-old and 23-year-old and questioned them as to who was driving the crashed car. The 18-year-old West Croydon man was arrested and breath tested allegedly returning a positive reading of 0.107.

He was charged with drive without due care, fail to stop at the scene of a crash, drink driving and providing false information. He lost his licence on the spot for 12 months and was bailed to appear at the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on 18 July.

The 23-year-old Mount Osmond man was reported for providing false information and will be summonsed to Court at a later date.