Kwok Cheung Leung guilty of O-Bahn crash and cop assault while five times over the limit

He was more than five times the legal limit when he drove onto the O-Bahn and ripped “chunks of hair” from a cop’s scalp – now he has admitted his guilt.

A Magill man who drove drunk onto an O-Bahn track without care and later assaulted a female police officer ripping out “chunks of hair” has pleaded guilty.

On Friday, Kwok Cheung Leung, 52, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in preparation for sentencing submissions – and entered his final guilty plea to the three charges.

Leung has now pleaded guilty to driving without due care, driving with excess blood alcohol and assaulting a police officer.

Kwok Cheung Leung, 52 from Magill, has plead guilty to driving without due care, driving with excess blood alcohol and assaulting a police officer. Picture: Leah Smith

Leung was more than five times the legal limit when he drove on to the O-Bahn tracks near the Tea Tree Plaza interchange becoming stuck – prompting emergency services to respond on December 25, 2023.

The 52-year-old was taken into police custody, and during transportation to the Holden Hill Police station he assaulted and injured a female police officer.

After his first court appearance, 7NEWS reported the injuries sustained to the officer were to her head, as he allegedly pulled “large chunks of hair from her scalp”.

Leung’s Nissan was towed from the tracks after it sustained damage to the suspension and front wheel and he was issued with an instant loss of licence for 12 months.

On Friday, Nick Griffin asked for an adjournment of the sentencing submissions as a psychological report was still outstanding.

The court heard that a victim impact statement had been presented to Magistrate Aaron Almeida, and a letter of apology from Leung.

Mr Almeida asked police prosecution to pass the letter of apology on to the victim, as he was interested to hear her “thoughts”.

Leung was remanded on continuing bail to face court again in December.

Statistics published by the Advertiser in July 2024 revealed that cars and other unauthorised vehicles ended up on the O-Bahn track an average of three times a year since 2013.

The most recent O-Bahn incident involved an 83-year-old women who drove off the O-Bahn track at the Paradise Interchange, off Darley Road, this morning. Picture: Emma Brasier

A spokesperson for the Transport Department said the costs of removing a car from the busway could be as high as $6000 if a crane was required.

The most recent incident occurred on July 10, when an 83-year-old woman drove onto the tracks at Paradise Interchange.

SA Police Senior Constable Rebecca Stokes said the car became “well and truly stuck” and the airbags were deployed.

The elderly driver was left “a bit shaken up” but no serious injuries were reported at the time.

Originally published as Kwok Cheung Leung guilty of O-Bahn crash and cop assault while five times over the limit