Alleged drunk driver cut from her car after crashing in Novar Gardens, another driver flips car into Athelstone creek
A driver has luckily escaped injury after their car flipped into a creek near Athelstone, with the passenger door crushed by a giant rock.
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A driver has been lucky to escape after her car flipped upside down and landed in a creek at Athelstone.
The silver Toyota sedan slid off the road into a creek embankment before it flipped into a creek off Montacute Rd around 1pm on Saturday.
While the driver escaped with no injuries, she has been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The accident occured very close to where two 17-year-old boys recently died when their car hit a large gum tree.
Meanwhile, an allegedly drunk driver has been lucky to escape after her car crashed into a Stobie pole and rolled at Novar Gardens.
The 36-year-old Lockleys woman had to be cut from the vehicle by the Metropolitan Fire Service after her Mazda sedan hit the Stobie pole and rolled just after 12.30am on Saturday on Pine Ave.
Police allege the woman returned a blood-alcohol reading almost three times the limit at 0.148.
The woman was reported for drink driving and aggravated due care.
She was issued with a six-month immediate loss of licence and will be summoned to appear in court at a later date.
A few hours later, a driver of a stolen vehicle in a police pursuit crashed into a tree after their car’s tyres were spiked.
The stolen Kia sedan was pursued by police several times overnight before officers spiked the car’s tyres on Pallamana Rd at Monarto. The car left the road and hit a tree.
The driver, a 28-year-old Morphett Vale man, was taken to the Murray Bridge hospital with a sore shoulder.
The car was first spotted on Mawson Rd, Meadows, about 1.20am Saturday. However, patrols lost sight of the vehicle after the driver refused the stop.
Almost an hour later, a Murray Bridge patrol located the same car on Brinkley Rd, Murray Bridge, but again, the driver refused to stop.
The sedan was pursued around the Callington and Monarto area before the pursuit was again stopped at 2.40am.
Police spiked the tyres and ended the pursuit just after 3am.
The 28-year-old was charged with illegal use, driving with unassigned plates, driving disqualified and engaging in a police pursuit.
He was refused bail and will appear at the Murray Bridge Magistrates Court on Monday June 27.
The Kia was towed from the scene. It had been reported stolen from a Kilburn address on June 16.
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