Thursday, August 24, 2023

Issue:

Mackay and Whitsunday Life

On The Beat

Drink Driver Smashes Into Bollards

A 24-year-old Jubilee Pocket woman has had her licence suspended following an incident where the vehicle she was driving crashed head-on into the protective bollards outside Night Owl convenience store in Airlie Beach at 1.45am last Sunday.

Police laid charges immediately and the woman will face Proserpine Magistrates Court on May 23.

The woman was breathalysed at the scene and returned a breath test reading 0.237 per cent BAC, four times above the legal limit.

She has now been charged with high range drink driving offences.

Sergeant Jessica Leech said that drink driving has direct consequences on you and those around you.

“Please arrange alternative plans for transportation if you are planning to drink and make sure you and other road users get home safely,” she said.

The car ploughed into bollards near Night Owl

Stolen Motorcycle Strathdickie

A Honda CRF250 motorcycle was stolen from a Gregory Cannonvale Road, Strathdickie address on Sunday last week and Police are urgently seeking information.

It is understood the vehicle was stolen between 8pm on Sunday, May 8 and 5.30am Monday, May 9.

The motorcycle has a Queensland registration 072TJ.

If you have any information in relation to the location of the vehicles or the offence itself, please contact Policelink.

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