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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matt Carr

High range drink-driving arrest after car hits Islington building

POLICE allege a man due to face court later this month struck an Islington building while drink-driving.

Police arrested the 37-year-old after they were called to the intersection of Chinchen Street and Hubbard Street about 3.20am on Tuesday.

Initial reports indicated a car had hit a commercial building.

Police said the driver was seen leaving the scene before officers arrived. Working off a description of his vehicle, they located it a short time later travelling along Clyde Street.

The car stopped under direction from police, who conducted a breath test that returned a positive result.

After his arrest the man was taken to Newcastle police station.

A secondary test allegedly returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.180.

The man, who has had his licence suspended, received a court attendance notice.

He is due to face Newcastle Local Court this month.

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