A man has been charged with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol after falling overboard and being rescued by police on the Central Coast yesterday
About 5pm (Wednesday 2 February 2022), a man was operating an aluminium runabout in Brisbane Water off Koolewong, when he reportedly fell overboard while on a video call with family.
Emergency services were notified and officers from Brisbane Water Police Area Command responded.
With the assistance of a member of the public, police boarded his vessel and conducted a large water search with the assistance of the Marine Area Command and the 26-year-old man was located adrift in water off Point Clare.
He was rescued and subjected to a breath test, returning a positive result.
The Woy Woy man was arrested and taken to Woy Woy Police Station, where a breath analysis returned an alleged reading of 0.168.
He was issued a court attendance notice for operate vessel with high range PCA and is due to appear at Gosford Local Court on Thursday 7 April 2022.
