A man will face court in Mount Isa next month after recording a blood alcohol reading four times over the limit this week.
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On Monday August 19, police were operating a Roadside Breath Testing static interception site on Abel Smith Parade.
At around 4.30pm, officers directed a vehicle to enter the static interception site, however the vehicle has failed to do so.
The driver continued down Darling Crescent and parked the vehicle on Gregory Crescent.
The male driver and female passenger then fled on foot, before being apprehended by police.
The man provided a positive roadside breath test and then supplied a secondary analysis at the police station, providing a reading of 0.204 per cent BAC.
A 34-year-old Pioneer man has been charged with one count each of drive while under the influence of liquor, drive unlicensed - SPER suspended, drive unregistered vehicle, drive uninsured vehicle and trespass.
A 27-year-old Pioneer woman has been charged with trespass.
Both are due to appear in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court on September 9.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
