NSW: Joyrider charged with drink driving

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2006
NSW: Joyrider charged with drink driving

SYDNEY, Feb 15 AAP - A man more than four times over the alcohol limit stole a coach
and took it for a joyride in central Sydney.

Police said the coach driver stopped his vehicle outside Central railway station about
8.25pm (AEDT) yesterday and went to help another driver loading a coach.

He left the door open, the key in the ignition and the engine running.

A 38-year-old Rosehill man then allegedly got on the bus and drove off with the door still open.

He stopped 400m away, after the door hit a car at an intersection.

Police were called and the man was breath tested.

It allegedly revealed a reading of 0.210, more than four times the legal limit.

The man was charged with drink driving offences and was bailed to appear in Downing
Centre Local Court next month.

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KEYWORD: JOYRIDE

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