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With Christmas and New Yearâs on the horizon there is no shortage of high traffic, parties, and subsequently more need for safety on Gympieâs roads.
Out of 21 crashes throughout the region in December last year, 12 ended with at least one person in hospital.
At this time of year, Queensland Police Service are encouraging drivers to remember the fatal five of speeding, drink driving, seatbelts, drug driving, medication and driving, fatigue and distractions, to keep yourself and loved ones safe.
As people are urged to stay safe on our roads, we look back at some of the drivers who risked lives of themselves and others on the regionâs roads this year.
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Subscriber only TWELVE men and women faced Gympie Magistrates Court last week after they made the decision to get behind the wheel with alcohol or drugs in their system. From alcohol readings nearly four times the legal limit to P-platers driving drunk on the beach, these locals have been found guilty of drink or drug driving this week.
Rachel Frances Hill Rachel Frances Hill, 32, had her licence suspended when she was caught driving while almost four times the limit - 0.189 - along Exhibition Road on November 25. Gympie Magistrates Court heard this week Hill was then caught driving the very next day.
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FROM drink driving on the wrong side of the road to being found with cannabis and failing to appear in court, Gary Allen Shipp has racked up a fair number of offences this year.
Shipp pleaded guilty to all four charges on Monday in Gympie Magistrates Court.
Police prosecutor Melissa Campbell said police were stationed at a Southside intersection on July 8 at 3:20pm and saw a ute travelling on the wrong side of the road.
“[Police] intercepted the vehicle and spoke to the defendant who submitted to a roadside breath test,” Sergeant Campbell said.
The court heard Shipp made the decision to drive after a day of drinking at a friend’s house and at the pub, blowing over the limit on the test.