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Drink driving incidents

 

Two traffic incidents involving intoxicated drivers have been recorded on the Peninsula recently.

Highway Patrol police were patrolling Ettalong when they attempted to stop a vehicle for a mobile breath test at around 5pm on Saturday, June 4.

The vehicle drove off at speed through a stop sign, then accelerated harshly, however stopped shortly after.

The driver, a 30-year-old male from Kincumber, failed a roadside breath test, requiring zero blood alcohol as a red P1 licence holder.

A breath analysis conducted later returned a reading of 0.040.

General duties police attended a pedestrian injured in a crash in Woy Woy.

It was alleged that a vehicle being driven by a 42-year-old Woy Woy man collided with a 64-year-old woman while she was crossing the road at around 7.25pm on Friday, June 2.

The driver was breath tested and failed the roadside test and later returned a reading of 0.075.

Press release, June 4 Dave O'Shea, Brisbane Water Traffic Services