A Ryde man has been charged with high-range drink driving after allegedly being caught more than five times the legal limit at Nowra on Wednesday.
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Emergency services were called to the Princes Highway, Nowra, following reports of a two-vehicle crash around 4pm, Wednesday, January 26.
South Coast Police District officers attended and found that a hatchback and an SUV - both travelling south - had crashed on the highway. No one was injured.
When the driver of the hatchback - a 40-year-old man - returned a positive roadside breath test, he was arrested and taken to Nowra Police Station.
A breath analysis returned an alleged reading of 0.258.
The driver was charged with high-range PCA, and had his licence suspended and vehicle seized.
He will appear in Nowra Local Court on Monday, February 28.
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Grace Crivellaro
Court reporter for the Illawarra Mercury.
Court reporter for the Illawarra Mercury.
