A woman may be charged with high level drink driving after allegedly giving a blood alcohol reading of 0.195 when stopped by police for driving with a blown-out tyre at Kelso.
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At about 9.30pm Saturday officers stopped the 25-year-old woman, who said she had no knowledge of the tyre issue but admitted the car was hard to drive.
The woman was arrested and taken to Bathurst Police Station where she was breath tested and, after disputing the result, taken to hospital to hospital for blood testing.
Charges will depend on the results of the test.
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Two people were killed on NSW roads on day three of Operation Tortoise, the annual Easter long-weekend traffic-enforcement campaign.
About 3.30pm on Saturday, emergency services responded to reports of a collision between a car and bicycle on Medusa Street, Mosman.
The 76-year-old male cyclist died at the scene and the driver of the car, a 43-year-old man, was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
In an earlier incident, a car and truck collided at Tyndale, in the state’s north, just before 12.30pm yesterday.
A 71-year-old man, the car’s driver, died at the scene, while the 55-year-old truck driver and his passenger were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The truck driver has undergone mandatory blood and urine testing.
“Police are saddened and disappointed that after such a good start to the Easter period, with no fatalities in the first two days, there were two deaths within three hours yesterday,” NSW Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said.
“We are expecting increased volumes of traffic in the next 24 hours as people head home from the Easter long weekend, so we are urging everyone to drive safely, responsibly, and according to the rules of the road,” Assistant Commissioner Hartley said.
Operation Tortoise, a high-visibility, state-wide traffic blitz, started on Thursday and will finish at 11.59pm Monday.
So far during the operation, 129 people have been injured in 421 major crashes across NSW.
During the same period in 2013, 160 people were injured in 484 major crashes.
Police have conducted 176,818 breath tests during the first three days of Operation Tortoise, resulting in 133 drink-driving charges, 171 fewer charges than the same time last year.
Operation Tortoise will be followed by Operation Go Slow, which will run between Thursday 24 April and Sunday 27 April 2014, encompassing the Anzac Day long weekend and end of the school holidays.
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A 21-year-old, unaccompanied learner driver was involved in a high speed chase at speeds of up to 150km/h in 60km/h zones in Silverwater last night after she allegedly attempted to avoid a random breath test.
Shortly before 9pm on Saturday, police observed a grey Mitsubishi Magna turn into Clyde Street in an apparent attempt to avoid a stationary random breath test site.
After the pursuit, police stopped the car in Burroway Road, Wentworth Point where officers arrested the woman and charged her with a number of traffic offences.
She was granted conditional bail to appear in Burwood Local Court on 13 May 2014.
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A motorcyclist has been charged with driving offences after he was detected travelling at 164km/h in a 100km/h zone at Bemboka.
As a result of an earlier pursuit by Cooma Police, police from Bega positioned themselves on the Snowy Mountains Highway as the 22-year-old rider approached.
The Denhams Beach man was charged with drive at speed dangerous to the public and exceed speed limit by more than 45km/h and is due to appear in Bega Local Court on May 13.
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A man disqualified from driving until April 2022 has been caught riding a motorised push bike in Sydney’s south-west.
Highway Patrol officers stopped the bike about 3.15pm on Saturday on Ben Lomond Road, Minto, after clocking it at an alleged speed of 67 km/h.
The 52-year-old rider has been issued with a field court attendance notice for driving while disqualified and is due to appear in Campbelltown Local Court on May 26.
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A Queensland man will not be allowed to drive in NSW for six months after being caught driving at an alleged speed of 173km/h in a 100km/h zone at Woolgoolga.
The incident occurred about 12.35am Sunday, April 20 on the Pacific Highway, near the overpass of Bark Hut Road.
The 32-year-old male driver was issued with a traffic infringement notice for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h.
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A motorcyclist has been charged with driving offences after he was detected travelling at 164km/h in a 100km/h zone at Bemboka.
As a result of an earlier pursuit by Cooma Police, police from Bega positioned themselves on the Snowy Mountains Highway as the 22-year-old rider approached.
The Denhams Beach man was charged with drive at speed dangerous to the public and exceed speed limit by more than 45km/h and is due to appear in Bega Local Court on May 13.
