A drink driver was arrested after crashing into a Blair Athol shopfront this morning.
Emergency services were called to Prospect Road, Blair Athol at 6.30am on Saturday 24 October by reports of a crash.
A vehicle had driven into the front of a vacant shop and driven off.
SES attended the scene to shore up the structure.
Police located the alleged driver and his vehicle nearby.
The 25-year-old Blair Athol man recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.174 – more than three times the legal limit.
He was arrested and charged with drink driving, driving without due care and leaving the scene of a collision. He was bailed to appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court at a later date.
His Ford sedan, which had sustained front end damage, was impounded for 28 days.
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