A woman has been charged with high-range PCA after being caught driving with a child in the car on the state's Mid North coast yesterday. About 3.45pm.
Her roadside breath test returned a positive result and she was arrested.
A breath analysis test at Port Macquarie police station returned an alleged reading of 0.293, almost six times the legal limit.
The woman was issued a court attendance notice for driving with high-range PCA and had her driver s license suspended.
She will appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on July 14.
The child was returned to the care of family members. Family and Community Services have been notified.
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Port Macquarie crash: Mum jumps in her car to collect seven-year-old before blowing SIX TIMES limit
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Provisional driver returns 0.202 reading after crash with child in car at Kempsey
A provisional driver has been charged after he was allegedly caught drink-driving with a child in the car, following a crash on the state’s Mid North Coast today.
About 9.30am (Sunday 17 January 2021), officers from Mid North Coast Highway Patrol were called to Smith Street, Kempsey, after reports of a crash.
Police have been told a Nissan Pulsar allegedly crashed into the back of a Nissan Murano, while attempting to exit a petrol station, causing minor damage to both vehicles.
A nine-year-old boy in the Pulsar and the four occupants of the Murano were uninjured.