A high range drink driver was located by police after rearending a taxi in the CBD overnight.
Police were notified that a car had collided with the rear of a taxi on Currie Street about 3.45am on Sunday 3 August and kept driving.
The Honda was tracked on traffic cameras heading up to Fitzroy Terrace and north on Churchill Road, where police intercepted the car near the intersection of Regency Road.
The driver, a 25-year-old man from Lightsview, recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.274 – more than five times the legal limit.
He was reported for drink driving and issued with a 12-month instant loss of licence. His car was impounded for 28 days and he will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.
There were no injuries sustained in the minor collision.
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