"serious criminal proceedings will follow" Sgt McGavigan, Victoria Police
I should hope so!!
How do things like this even happen? This woman was driving back from watching motorbike coming back from Phillip Island. This story amazed me in so many ways,mostly how it didn't receive more of a run in the news media, and also why? I looked on Google maps and she had only gone less than a kilometre before she crashed, they could have walked.
Another concerning part is the statement by police that "Six police cars and several police motorcycles were diverted from traffic duty on the highway, a noted trouble spot after the grand prix, to attend the accident scene" (SMH, 2010) This accident not only could have been deadly for the people in the car, it used up police resources away from this busy stretch of highway. It was later revealed that "if that car hadn't been there, there were four or five people talking in the driveway next door and they would have been hit," (SMH, 2010) putting the toll of this piece of idiocy higher.
She released a statement when she was released from questioning saying "I'm so sorry"
This is newsworthy because of the bizarre-ness or extraordinary nature of the incident, the fact there are children present, the level of intoxication, and the fact that in the end, no one was seriously hurt!
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/crash-driver-says-sorry-for-hurting-kids-20101018-16qoj.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/driver-with-seven-kids-aboard-crashes-20101017-16p9a.html
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