Woman allegedly drink-driving in Peregian Springs before Easter

A woman has been charged with blowing more than three times over the limit after she was pulled over in a Sunshine Coast school zone.

A woman has been accused of blowing more than three times the legal limit in a school zone as Sunshine Coast police launch a drink-driving blitz at the start of the Easter school holidays.

Coolum Beach police officers conducted more than 290 roadside breath tests and charged two people with drink-driving in the first hours of the road safety operation.

About 3pm on April 4, police were conducting roadside breath testing in a school zone on Peregian Springs Drive when a 34-year-old Peregian Springs woman was allegedly pulled over.

The woman was taken to Coolum Police Station for a secondary test, where she allegedly recorded a reading of 0.154 per cent.

She was charged with one count of high-range drink-driving, her driver’s licence was suspended, and she is due to appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on April 15.

A man and woman have been accused of drink-driving as Sunshine Coast police launch a blitz at the start of the Easter school holidays.

Shortly after, a 49-year-old Peregian Springs man was also charged with drink-driving.

He allegedly returned a BAC reading of 0.053 per cent.

He is due to appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on May 5.

Coolum Police Station officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Hardy Wirth said it was disappointing to charge two drivers allegedly over the legal alcohol limit in a school zone, the day before school holidays.

“The message is simple, there is no excuse for drink or drug driving, we don’t want to see anyone’s holiday ending in tragedy,” Senior Sergeant Wirth said.

“If you are going to be enjoying drinks over the holidays, have a plan to get home, don’t risk your life and the lives of others behind the wheel.”

Sixty-five lives have been lost on Queensland roads so far this year, with four of them on the Sunshine Coast.

Sunshine Coast police will conduct high-visibility and covert operations to target dangerous driving and prevent road trauma between April 4 and April 21.