Drink driver caught after burnouts in Wallaroo

About 1.15am on Saturday 14 November, patrols were in the vicinity of Magazine Road, Wallaroo, when they observed what appeared to be a vehicle performing burnouts on Chatfield Terrace, Wallaroo.

Police located the vehicle and attempted to stop it on Cornish Terrace after observing the Ford utility being driven without headlights and emitting a large amount of smoke.

The Ford was located on Cornish Terrace, where patrols observed that the vehicle had caught fire.

MFS attended and extinguished the fire. Thankfully, no one was injured.

The driver, a 23-year-old Wallaroo man, underwent a breath test, which allegedly returned a positive result of 0.152, more than three times the legal limit.

He was reported for drink driving, misuse of a motor vehicle, driving without headlights, and other traffic offences. He was issued with an immediate 12-month loss of licence, and his vehicle was impounded for 28 days.

He will be summonsed to appear in the Magistrates Court at a later date.