Aaron James Minett sentenced for driving more than five time over legal alcohol limit, driving without due care and attention

A man was forced to pull himself from the wreckage of his car and find emergency help after rolling his vehicle in a shocking highway crash while more than five times the legal alcohol limit.

A Kingaroy man who veered onto the wrong side of the highway before flipping his car on its roof while behind the wheel at more than five times the legal alcohol limit has been sentenced in court over the shocking crash.

Aaron James Minett had been knocking back drinks at the Grand Hotel in Goomeri when he got in his car to drive home just before 10pm on February 26.

Kingaroy Magistrates Court heard the 28-year-old started down the Burnett Highway toward Kingaroy when he swerved onto the wrong side on the road.

Police prosecutor Sean Franklin said the intoxicated man then lost control of the vehicle and drove up an embankment, causing the car to roll onto its roof.

Sergeant Franklin said it was also raining at the time, with Goomeri suffering a flood event due to the heavy falls.

Aaron Minett appeared in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on May 12, 2022. Photo/Facebook.

Minett was able to free himself from the car wreck and walk back to the hotel to find help.

The court heard he was later interviewed by police, who noticed he was highly intoxicated with bloodshot eyes, and recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.276.

Minett told police at the time he didn’t know what caused him to crash.

The self-represented Kingaroy man told the court his offending “was a stupid thing to do” and that his car would be a write-off.

Minett pleaded guilty to one count each of drink driving and driving without due care and attention.

He was fined $3000 and disqualified from driving for two years.