Drink driving charge, Peak Crossing
Police have charged a man after allegedly driving under the influence and crashing into a fence near Ipswich overnight.
Around 11.20pm officers were parked on Cunningham Highway at Purga when members of the public approached them about a white BMW hatchback driving erratically along Ipswich-Boonah Road.
A short time later police located the car travelling at low speed along Ipswich-Boonah Road at Peak Crossing and activated lights and siren to intercept the vehicle. The driver failed to stop and turned off the highway onto a dirt track before driving into a barbed wire fence, breaking the fence.
The driver was arrested and conveyed to Ipswich Hospital with minor injuries.
A 34-year-old Harrisville man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle, driving under the influence of liquor, drive without due care and attention, unlicensed driving, evade police, obstruct police and drive defective vehicle.
He will appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on June 17.
