Somerville Highway Patrol members were left severely disappointed when a driver blew almost five times the legal alcohol limit after colliding with another vehicle in Dromana.
To make matters worse two children under 10 were passengers in the alleged offending vehicle.
Emergency services were called to reports a Mitsubishi Wagon had failed to navigate a turn onto Boundary Road and crashed into an oncoming vehicle about 5.30pm.
The driver of the Mitsubishi, a 41-year-old Dromana woman tested positive for alcohol at the scene and subsequently returned an evidentiary breath test reading of 0.234
Fortunately, the collision resulted in only minor injuries, but officers couldn’t help but shake their heads and note that matters could easily have been much worse.
The driver will be charged on summons with exceed prescribed concentration of alcohol with an immediate loss of licence.
