Pacific Pines crash: Woman in eighties allegedly blows over limit after crash with parked car
A woman in her eighties has allegedly blown over the limit after crashing into a parked car and light pole at a small suburban shopping complex car park.
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A woman in her eighties has allegedly blown over the limit after crashing into a parked car and a light pole at Pacific Pines on Saturday.
Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to a shopping complex car park about 1.24pm near Universal St and Binstead Way.
The small complex includes a 7-11 service station, chemist, restaurants and a Liquorland bottle shop.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said on arrival it was found that a white Kia Sorrento had collided with a parked Honda station wagon, badly damaging both vehicles.
A light pole had also been downed in the incident.
The driver of the Kia, a woman in her eighties, was assessed by paramedics at the scene, but did not require transport to hospital.
Instead, witnesses reported she left the scene in the back of a police car.
It’s alleged the women returned a positive roadside blood alcohol reading, according to the QPS spokeswoman.
Officer were still in the process of formally charging the elderly woman on Sunday.
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