Dean Dallwitz, 51, of Queenscliff: Senior Sydney Metro contractor convicted of drink driving after losing control of his Land Rover
A senior engineer, helping to build the Sydney Metro rail network, was three times over the limit when he crashed his Land Rover off a country road.
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A senior contractor working on the construction of the Sydney Metro rail network — described as “Australia’s biggest public transport project” — has been convicted of high range drink driving.
Dean Peter Dallwitz, 51, of Queenscliff, was three times over the limit when his Land Rover skidded off a remote country road and down an embankment, west of Port Macquarie.
Dallwitz, described in Manly Local Court on Wednesday as a “sole contractor” engineer working on the construction of the Sydney Metro rail lines, was trapped in the badly damaged 4WD at Killawarra, with his two pet dogs.
On social media Dallwitz describes himself as a “principal project manager at Sydney Metro”.
He was slightly injured when the Land Rover left Nowendoc Rd on a sharp bend near the Rocky Falls Crossing at about 3.35pm on March 8.
Dallwitz, and the dogs, had to be released by NSW Ambulance officers, police and the local Volunteer Rescue Association before he was taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
A blood test showed a blood alcohol reading of 0.175.
Dallwitz had downed a number of alcoholic drinks at a rural property he owns at Nowendoc, according to a police facts sheet tendered to court.
He then drove to the Australian Hotel at Wingham where, between 1.50pm and 3.25pm, he had more drinks on the pub’s rear deck.
“The accused is captured on CCTV, stumble into the car park and leave the hotel in (the Land Rover),” the facts sheet stated.
Just 10 minutes later, he skidded off the road into trees and scrub, leaving the rear wheel of his vehicle in the air.
Dallwitz told police at the hospital that he had “no memory of the day due to the collision”.
His solicitor told the court that Dallwitz was sorry for his actions and that mental health issues, including bipolar affective disorder and “life stresses” had contributed to his “misuse of alcohol”.
Magistrate Robert Williams told Dallwitz that he had been a “danger not only to himself, but other members of the community” for driving with a high range alcohol reading.
He was convicted and handed a Community Correction Order to be of good behaviour for two years, disqualified from driving for eight months and fined $1200.
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