Shock at driver’s ‘lethal dose’ after police found she was eight times over the limit
Shock at driver’s ‘fatal dose’ after police found she was over the limit EIGHT times after car crash
- A woman in her 50s found 8 times the legal limit of 0.419
- The Sunshine Coast woman was previously in a minor car accident
- A blood alcohol ratio above 0.4 is a ‘lethal dose’
A woman has been charged with drunk driving after exceeding the legal limit eight times, in what police described as a “lethal dose” of alcohol.
The Sunshine Coast woman, in her 50s, was arrested after she was involved in a minor traffic accident in Nambour, west of the Sunshine Coast, on December 20 and reportedly returned a blood alcohol count of 0.419 per cent.
Body cam footage from Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol officers shows the distraught woman inside her car with a large dent in the driver’s door.
A woman who was involved in a minor car accident in Nambour on December 30 was found to have exceeded more than eight times the legal driving limit with a bag of wine found next to the driver’s seat
The officer asks if the woman has been drinking and if she likely exceeded the legal limit.
He then asks if she has alcohol in the car, revealing there is a bag of wine next to the driver’s seat.
The woman is then seen reaching for the wine while a police office takes him from the vehicle.
Rescue workers then arrived at the scene of the accident and took the woman to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in the accident.
A blood test at the hospital showed her blood alcohol content was 0.419 percent, more than eight times the legal limit of 0.05.
Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol Officer Senior Sergeant Shane Panoho said the woman’s poisoning was above a lethal dose.
“Once alcohol is in your system, even at around 0.05% BAC, it impairs the brain’s ability to make rational decisions and you are more likely to take risks,” he said in a statement.
The woman was taken to hospital for treatment of injuries and had a BAC of 0.419, a lethal dose is considered 0.4
“A lethal dose of alcohol is about 4 grams of alcohol per 100 ml of blood (a BAC of 0.4 or greater),” Senior Sergeant Panoho said.
“This driver’s alleged actions endangered not only her own life but the lives of everyone else on the road that day.”
The woman’s driver’s license was immediately revoked and she was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
She is expected to appear before Nambour Magistrates Court on February 6.
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