March 3, 2014
A 22-year-old Murgon driver who ran off the road and crashed on Saturday afternoon near Memerambi was allegedly checking her Facebook status when she lost control of her car.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said the woman was very lucky to be alive.
He said the woman was driving north on the Bunya Highway when she took her eyes off the road to check Facebook.
Her car drifted on to the wrong side of the road but fortunately there was no oncoming traffic.
“She attempted to correct but over-corrected, lost control and slid into the tabledrain,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
“It could have been a fatal.
“Facebook is not that important.”
The woman has been charged with driving without due care and attention.
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Kingaroy police had to deal with three drink drivers over the weekend, all allegedly blowing high readings.
On Friday night at 11.00pm, an RBT unit tested a 21-year-old Nanango man in Diamond Court, Kingaroy. He recorded a BAC of 0.134.
Three hours later, a 21-year-old Murgon man was tested in Youngman Street / River Road. His reading was 0.147.
At 3:00pm on Sunday, police pulled over a 67-year-old woman driver in Albert Street, Kingaroy, after calls to police about erratic driving.
Snr Sgt Frank said the woman was “extremely intoxicated”. Her reading was 0.133 BAC
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Police arrested a 21-year-old man in Youngman Street, Kingaroy, at 7:00am on Saturday. The man was wanted for breaching bail on a previous charge of failing to appear.
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Kingaroy police are investigating vandalism which occurred at Kingaroy State High School at the weekend.
Principal Helen Maudsley said graffiti was written on several school buildings.
She said the school was “letting police deal with it”.
