A woman will face court in August after she allegedly refused to submit to a breath test and breath analysis after driving into bushes outside a Port Stephens school.
Police said the 60-year-old was on her way to the school to pick up a nine-year-old girl at about 3.20pm when she crashed the Peugeot into a bunch of bushes and small trees while parking.
When she exited the vehicle, school staff noticed the woman and tried to stop her from driving away with the child.
The woman allegedly became aggressive and verbally abusive towards staff, who called police.
Port Stephens-Hunter police arrived at the scene and requested the woman take part in a breath test but she allegedly refused.
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It is also alleged the woman kicked out towards an officer as she was being arrested - he was not injured.
Then, at Nelson Bay Police Station, the 60-year-old allegedly refused to take part in a breath analysis test.
She was charged with harass/intimidate school staff member attending school, refuse or fail to submit to breath analysis and assault police.
The Nelson Bay woman was granted conditional bail to appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court on August 31.
