Woman, 76, driving drunk down wrong side of Jubilee Highway at Mount Gambier as seven others busted

Multiple drunk or drugged speeding drivers have been caught in regional SA, with one woman on the wrong side the highway – and over the limit.

A 76-year-old woman has been caught driving drunk down the wrong side of a highway at Mount Gambier.

She was one of two drink drivers caught this week, just days after multiple people were busted driving at high speeds or with drugs in their system across the Limestone Coast region.

The woman was stopped after police received a report about 10.45pm on Monday of a vehicle travelling the wrong way on Jubilee Highway East at Mount Gambier.

After locating the vehicle and a short time later, the female Mount Gambier driver recorded a blood test reading of 0.075.

Then about 3:15am on Tuesday, police breath-tested a 25-year-old Suttontown man on his P-plates on Penola Rd.

He recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.202 – more than four times the legal limit

Both were reported for drink driving, and the man for breaching his P-plate licence.

He was issued with a 12-month instant loss of licence and his vehicle was impounded for 28 days.

Both the man and the woman will appear in court at a later date.

It came a day after Limestone Coast police detected six other drivers committing dangerous traffic offences:

• A 59-year-old Nangwarry woman travelling at 148 km/h in a 110 km/h zone on the Riddoch Highway and fines $1734
• A 22-year-old Lucindale man was speeding and then tested positive for cannabis
• A 58-year-old Mt Gambier woman with a blood alcohol reading of 0.132 and tested positive for cannabis; she was reported lost her licence for six months
• A 29-year-old Mt Gambier man was arrested for two counts of driving unlicensed and tested positive to amphetamines; he was issued a further three-month loss of licence
• A 34-year-old Mt Gambier man tested positive for amphetamine and cannabis; he was issued a three-month loss of licence
• A 37-year-old Naracoorte man was detected with a blood alcohol reading of 0.056 and will be summoned to appear in court.