Teen dobs himself in after drink-drive ditch crash

A Dunedin teen known as police on himself and admitted to drink-driving after ending up in a ditch, police say.

Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, mentioned the 18-year-old driver known as police after crashing in Wakari Rd early yesterday.

The crash occurred at 4.10am on Sunday and ended with the automotive down a ditch.

The person recorded a breath alcohol degree of 771mcg and has had his licence suspended for 28 days.

He was charged with drink-driving and has been summoned to seem in courtroom.

Police say one other teenager was discovered to be over the restrict after he known as emergency companies after crashing on the identical highway on Saturday.

Snr Sgt Bond mentioned a 17-year-old misplaced management of his automobile and crashed down a financial institution alongside Wakari Rd.

The teenager pulled himself from the automotive and known as emergency companies.

He recorded a breath alcohol degree of 940mcg and had his licence suspended.

He was referred to Youth Help.

In the meantime, on Sunday night time police have been known as to a automotive crash in Cumberland St.

A 44-year-old man allegedly crashed right into a avenue mild on the intersection of Cumberland and Burlington Sts inflicting vital injury to his automobile.

The person carried on driving to a metropolis property the place police caught up with him, Snr Sgt Bond mentioned.

He recorded a breath alcohol degree of 723mcg and had his licence suspended for 28 days.

The person was charged with careless driving and driving underneath the affect.

On Saturday at 6.30pm police responded to a crash involving a bus in Roslyn.

Snr Sgt Bond mentioned a 61-year-old lady crashed a Ritchies bus right into a parked automotive, inflicting it to be written off.

Whereas driving, the girl failed to remain inside her lane and hit the again of a parked automotive, shunting it ahead into one other parked automotive.

She mentioned she was distracted trying down on the centre console and fidgeting with the controls.

The drive of the bus brought on one of many parked vehicles to spin 90 levels and mount the kerb.