Drink driver loses licence speeding in Mid-North

Just before 7.10pm Saturday 7 December, police were conducting speed detection duties on Horrocks Highway at Barinia and detected a blue Volvo travelling at 111km/h in a 100km/h zone.

The driver was stopped a short distance away and was submitted to a breath test and returned a positive result of 0.177.

Also in the vehicle was another adult passenger and an infant child.

The driver, a 51-year-old local man from Clare was reported for exceed speed, drink driving with a child in the vehicle and was issued a 12 month loss of licence.