A teen driver has been caught allegedly drink driving in Toora in the state’s south east early this morning, Victoria Police say.
Foster police detected the driver of a Nissan utility failing to stop at a stop sign in Harriet Street just after midnight.
As the driver turned left into Victoria Street he allegedly drove onto the wrong side of the road where police were travelling.
Officers then intercepted the vehicle during which time a 17-year-old male fled from the moving vehicle.
The driver, a 19-year-old man, returned a positive blood alcohol content reading of 0.175.
The Toora teen’s licence was immediately suspended for 12 months and his utility was impounded at a cost of $1478.
He is expected to be charged on summons with evade police, exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol, failing to stop at a stop sign, driving in a manner dangerous, exceeding passenger restriction and failing to keep left.
A 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy were also in the utility at the time of the intercept.
