A man blew more than six times the legal alcohol limit after being involved in a crash in Sydney‘s west.
The driver, 31, slammed his car into a street sign after mounting a median strip in Sydney’s west on Wednesday afternoon.
The driver, 31, slammed his car into a street sign after mounting a median strip in Sydney’s west on Wednesday afternoon
Emergency services were called to the scene on the corner of Mulgoa and Blaikie Road in Glenmore Park at about 3:20pm on Wednesday.
They arrived to find a Ford Falcon on the median strip having smashed into a street sign.
Police attending the scene breath tested the man driving the car, who blew over the limit.
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They then took him back to Penrith Police station, where he returned a breath test reading of 0.313 – more than six times the legal limit of 0.05.
The car he was driving was also unregistered.
The 31-year-old immediately had his license suspended and confiscated.
He has been charged with high-range drink driving, use an unregisterable Class A motor vehicle on road and negligent driving (not death or grievious bodily harm).
The man was granted conditional bail and will appear before Penrith Local Court on January 11.
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