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Source: ONE News
A young man allegedly two-and-a-half times over the alcohol limit drove 11 kilometres on three wheels in Tauranga before being found asleep at the wheel.
Police say they tracked down a Mitsubishi Chariot vehicle driven by a 23-year-old man in a Tauranga suburb in the early hours of this morning.
Police say they located the vehicle and driver after following a trail of debris and road surface damage caused by the driver driving on three wheels for 11 kilometres across the city.
Officers first noticed a blown tyre lying on the road on Osprey Drive, Welcome Bay and saw a gauge trail leading away from the tyre. Eventually, police located the vehicle on Maxwells Rd.
The driver was found asleep in his vehicle totally unaware of the trail he had left behind, said Acting Sergeant Wayne Lambert of Tauranga police.
The vehicle had suffered major damage and the front left rim had been reduced to the hub.
The driver was processed for drink driving and was allegedly two-and-a-half times the legal limit.
He will be appearing in the Tauranga District Court for excess breath alcohol and dangerous driving.
"Thanks to two very keen officers their doggedness and determination resulted in removing an unsafe vehicle and driver from the roads, thankfully no one was hurt." said Lambert.
"The guys came upon the tyre and decided to follow the trail not expecting for it to end so far away," he said.
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