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Newcastle Herald
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Madeline Link

Police employee charged with high-range drink-driving after crash

A police employee has been charged with high-range drink-driving after a crash at Berkley Vale

A POLICE employee allegedly caught driving at more than four times the legal limit has been charged after a crash on the Central Coast.

At about 8:15pm on Friday, February 3, Tuggerah Lakes Police District were called to the scene of a crash on Lakedge Avenue at Berkley Vale.

The driver, a 59-year-old woman, was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before she was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.

Police allege she returned a positive blood alcohol reading of 0.217.

The police employee, who works for a specialist command in the northern region, was issued with a court attendance notice for high-range PCA.

Her licence was suspended and she will appear in Wyong Local Court on April 26.

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