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A 40-year-old Fadden woman has had her licence immediately suspended and will face court after returning a breath alcohol content reading more than six times the legal limit this morning.
About 8:40am today (Friday 1 August 2025) a silver Mazda 3 was allegedly driving erratically northbound on the Monaro Highway before colliding into a black ute on the offramp near Canberra Avenue in Narrabundah.
Police attended the scene and the female driver of the silver Mazda 3 returned a positive breath screening test.
She was taken into custody where she later returned a breath analysis result of 0.331.
The woman was issued with an immediate suspension notice and will appear in the ACT Magistrates Court at a later date to face a high range drink driving charge and possible other charges.
Detective Sergeant Dave Lawler said that it is disappointing to see an incident like this happen, especially as ACT Police are targeting impaired driving this month.
“We are only eight hours into our impaired driving focus for August, so it is really discouraging to see this level of drink driving occur” Det. Sgt Lawler said.
“I want to remind everyone that it is never okay to drink and drive –any time of the day or night.”
Police are seeking any witnesses or dash cam footage of the silver Mazda prior to the collision. Anyone who can assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote 8120526. Information can be provided anonymously.