A man has allegedly returned a positive breath test nearly four times the legal limit after driving his car on the wrong side of a motorway on the Far North Coast.
Police accuse the 29-year-old man of driving a Mitsubishi Triton utility at high speeds into oncoming traffic on the M1 at Clothiers Creek, south of Tweed Heads, shortly after 12:30pm today.
It’s alleged the ute reached speeds of up to 133km/h and forced a number of vehicles to take evasive action to avoid a collision.
The vehicle eventually came to a stop at a police road block at Ewingsdale.
The driver was taken to Byron Bay Police Station where he allegedly returned a reading of 0.190, and he was charged with driving in a dangerous manner, and high range PCA.
He had his license suspended and will appear at Mullumbimby Local Court later this month.
