A motorist side-swiped by another vehicle describes what happened to police. Photo / Michael Cunningham
A man sent home from work when his boss suspected he was drunk side-swiped two cars near a primary school - one of which a child was about to get out of - before he was caught drink-driving more than 30km away.
The man was charged with drink-driving with 1114mcg
per litre of breath. The limit for drivers 20 years and over is 250mcg.
He drove 33km from his work in Kamo, down Kamo Rd past Whau Valley school before parking his car at McLeods Bay, where police found him walking.
It is one of three incidents involving atrocious driving police have dealt with in Whangarei over the past week.
Police say the 44-year-old man had been sent home by his boss when he arrived at work in Kamo about 8am yesterday. The worker drove off and allegedly did a burn-out, as he left on Kamo Rd heading towards Whangarei. Police then got calls from two motorists who had been clipped when stationary near Whau Valley School about to drop off their children to school. Fortunately no one was injured. Investigations led police towards Whangarei Heads Rd where they found the man walking, after parking his vehicle at a property in McLeods Bay, about 6km from home.
