25 June 2025

Driver allegedly blows five times legal alcohol limit after crash along the road to Gundagai

| By Oliver Jacques
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The driver will face Gundagai Local Court in July. Photo: NSW Courts.

A man has allegedly been recorded at almost six times the legal alcohol limit after a car struck a fence near Gundagai earlier this week.

At about 7:20 pm on Monday (23 June), emergency services were called to Oura Road, Nangus, after reports of a single-vehicle crash.

Officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command responded and found a car had left the roadway and struck a fence.

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Police conducted a roadside breath test that allegedly returned a positive reading.

The 28-year-old driver was arrested and taken to Gundagai Police Station where he was subjected to a secondary test, allegedly returning a reading of 0.294. The legal alcohol limit is 0.05.

The man’s license was suspended.

He was issued with a court attendance notice for driving with a high range alcohol reading, to appear in Gundagai Local Court on Friday, 18 July 2025.

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