Shock at driver’s ‘lethal dose’ after police found her to be eight TIMES over the limit
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Shock over driver’s ‘lethal dose’ after police found he was EIGHT TIMES over the limit after car crash
- A woman in her 50s found eight times over the legal limit of 0.419
- The Sunshine Coast woman was in a minor car accident earlier
- A BAC greater than 0.4 is a “lethal dose”
A woman has been charged with drink driving after puffing eight times over the legal limit, in what police described as a “lethal dose” of alcohol.
The Sunshine Coast woman, in her 50s, was arrested after being involved in a minor traffic incident in Nambour, just west of the Sunshine Coast, on December 20, and allegedly returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.419 per hundred.
Body camera footage from Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol officers shows the distraught woman in her car with a large dent in the driver’s side door.
A woman was found driving eight times the legal limit with a bag of wine next to the driver’s seat after police attended a minor car accident in Nambour on December 30.
The officer asks if the woman has consumed alcohol and if she probably exceeded the legal limit.
He then asks if he has any alcohol in the car, and it is revealed that there is a bag of wine next to the driver’s seat.
The woman is then seen reaching for the wine as a police office removes it from the vehicle.
Paramedics arrived at the scene and transported the woman to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries received in the accident.
A blood test at the hospital revealed that he had a blood alcohol reading of 0.419 percent, more than eight times the legal limit of 0.05.
Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol Officer-in-Charge, Sergeant Major Shane Panoho, said the woman’s intoxication levels were above a lethal dose.
“Once alcohol is in your system, even at around 0.05% BAC, it impairs your brain’s ability to make rational decisions and you’re more likely to take risks,” he said in a statement.
The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries and recorded a BAC of 0.419, a lethal dose is considered 0.4
“A lethal dose of alcohol is around 4 grams of alcohol per 100 mL of blood (a BAC of 0.4 or higher),” said Sgt. Major Panoho.
“This driver’s alleged actions endangered not only his own life, but also the lives of everyone else on the road that day.”
The woman’s license was immediately suspended and she has been charged with driving under the influence.
He is expected to appear before Nambour Magistrates’ Court on February 6.