High range drink driver crashes in Mooroolbark

A drink driver will spend some time without his licence after he was caught driving at almost five times times the legal alcohol limit in Mooroolbark on Saturday evening.

Police attended an incident where a car had crashed into the fence of a property on Charles Street about 4.45pm.

The driver, a 35-year-old Mooroolbark man, underwent a preliminary breath test at the scene, which returned a positive result.

The driver accompanied officers to a police station where allegedly returned a breath alcohol reading of 0.231, almost five times the legal limit.

The Mooroolbark man had his driver’s licence immediately suspended and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

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