Police were left shocked after catching a driver allegedly travelling 61km/h over the speed limit, while drunk and with an overloaded car in Pentland Hills last night.
Moorabool Highway Patrol members came across a vehicle allegedly travelling at 171km/h in an 110km/h zone on the Western Highway about 11.30pm.
Officers quickly realised the 40-year-old male driver held a suspended driver’s licence.
It soon became apparent that there were five passengers in the vehicle, which included four children.
One of those being a toddler who was being held on the lap of a woman in the backseat.
The Craigieburn driver was then breath-tested, leaving officers shaking their head when he returned an alleged reading of .107.
His vehicle was immediately impounded and he is expected to be charged on summons with traffic offences.
This impound forms part of Operation Nexus which is a statewide road policing operation targeting impaired driving, speed, distraction, fatigue and seatbelt non-compliance in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria in an effort to drive down road trauma.
Police could be anywhere, anytime this Easter.
Operation Nexus runs until 11.59pm on Monday 1 April.
