POLICE have charged a woman with high-range drink driving after the car she was driving collided into oncoming traffic at Thornton.
About 7.40am Saturday a 40-year-old woman was driving her Mazda CX-5 out of a car park onto Thomas Cooke Drive when she collided with a Toyota Hilux driving south.
The Toyota Hilux rolled onto its side. The 50-year-old male driver was not injured.
Emergency services were called and officers from Port Stephens - Hunter Police District attended and commenced an investigation.
The woman was breath tested and provided a positive result. She was arrested and taken to Maitland police station where she submitted an alleged breath analysis reading of 0.189 - in the high-range category.
She was charged with high range PCA, and her licence was suspended.
She is due to appear in Maitland Local Court on Wednesday February 3.
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