Police charge three people with dangerous driving in Coolum
Police have charged three people with driving offences in a Sunshine Coast suburb, including one man who allegedly blew three times the legal limit.
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Police have charged three people with multiple dangerous driving offences in a Sunshine Coast suburb over the past week, with one man blowing a blood alcohol reading almost three times the legal limit.
On July 14, a Volkswagen Amarok allegedly crashed into a tree on Centenary Heights Rd, Coolum Beach, causing significant damage.
The driver, a 41-year-old Mount Coolum man, was charged with driving a car over the middle alcohol limit and given a licence suspension.
He returned a blood alcohol reading of .140, nearly three times the limit.
On July 19, police responded to calls a Nissan Micra was allegedly being driven dangerously along David Low Way at Coolum Beach.
The blood analysis of the 26-year-old Sippy Downs woman who was behind the wheel is still being tested.
She was charged with driving without a license, being adversely affected by an intoxicating substance and dangerous operation of a vehicle.
On Sunday, July 20, police were alerted to reports an Audi A3, without registration plates, was being driven dangerously on the Sunshine Motorway at Marcoola and Peregian Springs.
The driver, a 34-year-old Mount Coolum man, was arrested when the car came to a stop in front of a Beryl St address at Mount Coolum.
He was charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle and driving without a licence.
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