A driver will appear in court after allegedly returning a breath analysis reading seven times the legal limit, following a crash at Adamstown.
About 6pm on Friday August 14, Newcastle City Police attended a car crash at the intersection of Teralba Road and Glebe Road, Adamstown.
The 45-year-old male driver failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into an oncoming vehicle.
Police submitted him to a breath test which returned a positive result.
He was arrested and undertook a breath analysis at Newcastle Police Station reportedly returning a reading of 0.350, seven times the legal limit.
His licence was suspended and confiscated on the spot.
He will attend court at a later date.
