Woman, five times over the limit, caught driving on wrong side of road by police in Hamilton, Victoria
Patrolling police officers were nearly involved in a head-on crash after a woman drove her car toward them on the wrong side of the road while drunk.
The woman was caught allegedly driving nearly five times over the legal limit in Hamilton early on Saturday morning.
While on patrol, the Hamilton divisional van crew, driving east on Coleraine Road, intercepted a station wagon driving directly towards them on the wrong side of the road.
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A 56-year-old woman had her license immediately suspended and car impounded at a cost of $1445.
The Hamilton woman is expected to be summonsed to appear at a magistrate’s court to answer to drink driving and traffic charges.
This intercept forms part of operation scoreboard, a statewide road policing operation coinciding with the AFL grand final long weekend in Victoria.
Police will be highly visible and enforcing across the state’s roads in an effort to drive down road trauma.
