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Girls weekend away comes to crashing end after Queensland woman allegedly crashes car while six times over legal drinking limit

Emma KirkNewsWire
A 50-year-old Mudgeebra woman allegedly blew six times the legal alcohol limit after crashing her car on a girls weekend away. Image: Queensland Police
Camera IconA 50-year-old Mudgeebra woman allegedly blew six times the legal alcohol limit after crashing her car on a girls weekend away. Image: Queensland Police Credit: Supplied

A girls weekend away in Queensland came to a crashing end when a woman allegedly struck a pole with her car then returned a roadside breath test more than six times above the legal alcohol limit.

Police allege a Mudgeeraba woman, 50, hit a telegraph pole in her Mazda CX-8 then continued driving before she was stopped by concerned bystanders.

Police found the woman and her damaged car across the road from a police station, and conducted a roadside breath test at Mount Tambourine about 8.30am on Sunday.

Concerned bystanders stopped the woman after she allegedly hit her Mazda CX-8 into a pole at Mount Tamborine. Picture: Qld Police
Camera IconConcerned bystanders stopped the woman after she allegedly hit her Mazda CX-8 into a pole at Mount Tamborine. Qld Police Credit: Supplied Source Known

Footage from the incident shows an officer ask the woman sitting on a roadside kerb what happened to her damaged car.

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“I had a girls weekend away,” she replies.

“My girlfriends, they had way more beverages than me.”

The woman then confesses she had “definitely” been drinking the night before when asked by an officer.

“I thought I’ll just get some breakfast,” she says in the video.

“Oh gosh, it was a bit of a mixture. Oh god, I’m gonna blow over.”

The alleged driver confessed to police she had been drinking the night before on a girls weekend away when she thought she would go out for breakfast. Picture: Qld Police
Camera IconThe alleged driver confessed to police she had been drinking the night before on a girls weekend away when she thought she would go out for breakfast. Qld Police Credit: Supplied Source Known
The woman failed a roadside breath test then blew 0.303 at the North Tamborine Police Station where she was charged with driving under the influence. Picture: Qld Police
Camera IconThe woman failed a roadside breath test then blew 0.303 at the North Tamborine Police Station where she was charged with driving under the influence. Qld Police Credit: Supplied Source Known

The officer asks the woman to blow into the device then promptly tells her there is a problem.

“You’re driving around, you’re crashing your car and this device indicated to me that you’re over the legal limit to drive,” he said.

Police took the woman across the road to the North Tamborine Police Station where she allegedly blew 0.303 per cent — six times the legal limit.

She immediately had her licence suspended and was charged with driving under the influence of liquor.

The woman is due to appear in Beaudesert Magistrates Court on February 3.

Originally published as Girls weekend away comes to crashing end after Queensland woman allegedly crashes car while six times over legal drinking limit

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