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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Max McKinney

Driver six times over the limit after car crash: police

A Tomago man allegedly blew more than six times the legal limit after crashing his four-wheel drive into three parked vehicles in a Hunter town on Friday night.

Emergency services responded to reports of a crash at the intersection of Anderson Drive and Western Avenue in Tarro about 11pm.

They found a silver Toyota four-wheel drive had crashed into three parked vehicles.

Officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District located the driver, a 48-year-old man, and conducted a roadside breath test.

The man allegedly returned a positive result and was taken to Maitland Police Station where he underwent a secondary breath analysis, allegedly returning a positive reading of 0.317.

Police immediately suspended and confiscated the man's licence and he was issued a Court Attendance Notice for drive with high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol.

The man was given conditional bail to appear before Maitland Local Court on February 2, 2022.

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