Unaccompanied learner-driver charged with drink driving following a crash in Belconnen

ACT Policing has charged a 22-year-old man following a single-vehicle collision in Belconnen on Saturday May 5, 2018.

About 3.30am, officers came across a single vehicle collision on Luxton Street, Belconnen, in which a steel light pole in the centre of a roundabout had been knocked down, and the vehicle involved was extensively damaged.

The driver, who held a Queensland learner’s permit, was taken to Belconnen Police Station for a breath analysis and returned a result of 0.144. He was charged with driving a motor vehicle with alcohol in blood/breath, driving as an unaccompanied learner driver, driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, not displaying L plates, and reckless driving offences.

He was granted bail and will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court at a later date.

ACT Policing would like to remind all learner and provisional drivers that they must have a zero blood-alcohol-content when behind the wheel, and that learner drivers must be accompanied by a full licence holder in the front passenger seat.

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