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       Elderly pair hurt as wrong-way motorway driver ploughs into car
        
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       An allegedly intoxicated woman driving the wrong way on Dunedin's
       Southern Motorway injured two elderly people when she smashed into
       their car.
        
       Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police were called to
       the motorway at 10.55pm last night.
        
       Snr Sgt Bond said it appeared the 42-year-old woman entered the
       motorway from the Kinmont-Mosgiel onramp before heading north while in
       the southbound lane.
        
       She then collided with a vehicle travelling south driven by a 79-year-
       old woman with an 80-year-old man in the passenger seat.
        
       Both vehicles were extensively damaged and the elderly pair suffered
       minor injuries.
        
       Police breath-tested the woman at the scene of the crash.
        
       She recorded a breath alcohol level of 890mcg, over three times over
       the legal limit of 250mcg.
        
       The woman was arrested, charged with drunk driving and dangerous
       driving and had her licence suspended for 28 days.
        
       laine.priestley@odt.co.nz
        
        
        
        
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