A man has been charged with high-range drink driving in the state’s Central West yesterday.
Officers attached to Bathurst Highway Patrol stopped a Holden Commodore on Bannerman Crescent at Kelso, about 10.45pm (Thursday January 21), and spoke with the 17-year-old learner driver.
The driver returned a negative roadside breath test; however, a 37-year-old man – who was the driver-supervisor – was also breath tested and returned a positive reading.
He was arrested and taken to Bathurst Police Station where he returned an alleged breath analysis reading of 0.173.
The Kelso man was issued a Field Court Attendance Notice for the offence of “licenced driver – high-range PCA sit next to learner”.
He’ll appear at Bathurst Local Court on 1 March 2021, and his licence was immediately confiscated and suspended.
