QLD: Taxi driver catches drunk driver

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2009
QLD: Taxi driver catches drunk driver

BRISBANE, Aug 29 AAP - A taxi driver is being credited with preventing a tragedy after
stopping a drunk driver who was more than five times over the limit on a Cairns highway.

Police said the taxi driver spotted a blue sedan allegedly driving in an erratic manner
from the Captain Cook Highway onto the Kennedy Highway.

The car allegedly side-swiped a large illuminated traffic warning sign and weaved within
the marked lanes and nearly collided with vehicles coming from the opposite direction.

The taxi driver stopped the driver and parked his car in front of the vehicle to prevent
it from re-entering the highway, before calling the police.

A 40-year-old Kuranda woman was breath-tested and recorded a reading of .273 per cent.

She will appear at Cairns Magistrates Court on September 14.

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