An Instagram influencer allegedly got behind the wheel while drunk and hit three parked cars before rolling her luxury SUV on the way back from a wedding.
Patricia Hadija, 27, was allegedly three times the legal alcohol limit when she crashed her Jeep Grand Cherokee in Maroubra in Sydney’s east on Saturday night.
Ms Hadija has more than 39,000 followers on Instagram where she goes by the name ‘Torpedo Trish’ and had posted a photo holding a champagne glass from a wedding earlier that afternoon.
Patricia Hadija (pictured left) allegedly crashed her Jeep on Saturday after attending a wedding reception
The Instagram influencer (pictured) has been charged with high-range drink driving
Police rushed to the scene about 9.50pm and found the vehicle rolled over on Duncan St, cops say.
Residents in the area said they rushed out of their houses to find Ms Hadija and her male passenger, a 29-year-old man, pulling themselves out of the wreckage.
‘We were watching telly, we heard that sickening thud you know a car crash sounds like,’ one neighbour told The Daily Telegraph.
‘I came out and looked up the road and it was a really strange looking sight, it looked a bit like a UFO had landed because the tail lights were up where they shouldn’t be normally.’
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Ms Hadija works as a social media consultant providing advice on how to run a successful influencer account
Noticing the two passengers moving inside the 4WD, they rushed back inside to call an ambulance.
Another neighbour said they also heard the crash and immediately bolted into the street where people had already begun gathering.
Witnesses said the driver and passenger, who paused while climbing out of the car to get out a cigarette, waited at the scene for emergency crews to arrive.
Ms Hadija was given a breath test at the scene which allegedly returned a positive reading.
‘She was arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station, where she returned a breath analysis of 0.181,’ NSW Police has alleged.
She has been charged with high-range PCA.
Her licence was suspended and she was given a notice to appear at Waverley Local Court on November 10.
She is set to appear in Waverley Local Court on November 10 to face the charge relating to the crash
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