A driver was found unconscious and a passenger bleeding from the face on the edge of an estuary after their car crashed into a power pole near Dunedin. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said a patrolling police car found a knocked-down power pole and smoke coming from nearby bushes on Brighton Road at 2.45am on Sunday. The vehicle was found on the edge of the estuary with the driver unconscious and the passenger bleeding from their face. After being stopped on Saddle Hill, a 39-year-old woman, recorded a breath alcohol level of 548mcg. The driver was a 22-year-old French national who recorded a breath alcohol level of 400mcg.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 07, 2023 23:47 UTC