Woman allegedly caught driving three times over limit with four-year-old in back seat
A woman has been charged with high-range drink-driving after allegedly being caught three times over the legal limit with a four-year-old passenger in the back seat.
Police approached the woman after noticing a silver BMW stopped on Evaline Street in Campsie, about 11.30pm with significant damage to the front.
A 45-year-old woman was allegedly sitting in the driver's seat with a four-year-old boy in the back who had a bleeding nose.
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A woman has been charged with high-range drink-driving with a four-year-old passenger allegedly in the back seat. 9News
The driver was arrested and taken to Campsie Police Station where she allegedly provided a breath analysis reading of 0.174 - over three times the legal limit.
The child was taken to Canterbury Hospital as a precaution and he is now in the care of his adult sister.
She was charged with high-range drink driving and had her licence suspended.
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Paramedics took the child to hospital and he is ow in the care of his older sister. 9News
She is due to appear before the court in April this year.
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