Drink driving P-plater crashes into unit while speeding
The Stanthorpe man was twice the legal alcohol limit when he ploughed into the building in the early hours of the morning.
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Stanthorpe man Corey James Turner was more than twice the legal limit when he sped around a corner and ploughed into a unit block.
Police prosecutor Ken Wiggan told the Stanthorpe Magistrates Court the 25-year-old “attempted to turn left, travelling at excessive speed when the front wheel skid and the car collided into a unit”.
Sergeant Wiggan said the crash “caused extensive damage to the front of the unit”.
The father of two called police himself and later returned a blood alcohol concentration of 0.119.
As a P1 licence holder, Turner is required to have zero alcohol in his system.
He pleaded guilty to failure to maintain control of his vehicle, failing to display red P plates and drink driving.
Magistrate Julian Noud said Turner was “lucky the collision happened at 3.15am and not 3.15pm as it could have been a worse outcome with people walking on the sidewalk”.
The Woolworths worker was fined $1200 and disqualified from driving for six months.
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