Police have charged a man following an alleged hit-and-run traffic incident in Hyde Park (Townsville) yesterday, 8 November.
Around 4:22pm, police were called to Charters Towers Road following reports a black Nissan Navara had struck a building.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 49-year-old Pimlico man, is alleged to have fled the scene down Purves Street.
The man was located a short time later at Granville Street and taken into custody.
It will be alleged the driver returned a breath alcohol concentration of 0.232 per cent, more than four times the legal limit.
A 49-year-old Pimlico man has been charged with multiple offences, including one count each of did drive under influence of liquor, driver fail to remain at incident and render assistance and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.
He is due to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on 25 November.
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If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.
Report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers. Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au or call 131 444.
