Woman crashes after license test

An elderly woman on her way back to Featherston from sitting her drivers license renewal in Martinborough crashed her car into a ditch on the Kaiwaiwai Corner around 5pm on Thursday.
Police said witnesses alerted them after they had seen a car travelling along the Highway 53 driving erratically.
By the time police arrived the car was found with all four wheels neatly stuck in a ditch beside the road.
The woman was not injured in the crash but was taken to Featherston Medical Centre by ambulance after the crash for observation.
Police would not confirm whether the woman had passed or failed her driving test earlier that day.