Possible drink driver extracted from own vehicle, taken to hospital after crashing into parked car

A possible drink driver who crashed into a parked car overnight, then had to be extracted from his own vehicle, is lucky he didn’t hit any pedestrians and wasn’t seriously hurt, according to police.

A POSSIBLE drink driver who crashed into a parked car in Alice Springs overnight is lucky he didn’t hit any pedestrians and wasn’t seriously hurt, after being extracted from his car and taken to hospital, according to police.

NT Police Southern Watch Commander Senior Sergeant Vicki Koum said police were called to the incident in Ptilotus Cres in Sadadeen about 10pm on Friday.

“Once there, it was established the driver of a RAV4 was travelling west along Ptilotus (Cres) and failed to see a parked car, being a Toyota Kluger, and he crashed into the front left hand side,” she said.

Snr Sgt Koum said the driver had been injured and had to be extracted from his vehicle.

“It’s extremely fortunate that his injuries were not more serious,” she said.

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“He was (taken) to the hospital for medical treatment.

“It is believed that alcohol was one of the contributing factors and that matter is under investigation, and a summons no doubt will be issued in due course.”

No other passengers were in the man’s or in the parked Toyota Kluger.

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