An alleged drunk driver barrelling down Auckland's southern motorway in the wrong direction hit two cars and caused a third to spin out before being stopped by police. Police were amazed that despite the driver causing three accidents this morning, no-one was seriously injured. The 27-year-old man first pulled on to the motorway going south in the northbound lane at Ellerslie about 6.40am. ''The fact he drove the wrong way down a motorway clearly demonstrates the way alcohol impairs your ability to drive. The man has been charged with driving with excess breath alcohol and dangerous driving causing injury.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 08, 2017 23:37 UTC