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A drunken father helped drive a vehicle driven by his 9-year-old son before police stopped them in a passing wagon.
The incident occurred in Mosgiel around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Acting Sergeant Major Anthony Bond said.
He confirmed that the alcohol prevention team was in town for “Checkout Day” when they came across the young driver taking his 32-year-old father to a nearby bottle shop.
A witness posted on social media about the “awkward moment when someone has his clearly underage son driving sober for him, and the police car drives around the corner at the stoplight.”
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A source said Things The car came to a stop at the intersection of Gordon and Bush Highways when a passing police vehicle made a U-turn to prevent the young driver from moving forward.
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Bond said the investigation was ongoing and that no infractions or charges had been filed at this stage.
It is understood that the father was seen with his hands on the wheel.
An incident followed in August when a 12-year-old boy took a 20-kilometer drive through Dunedin, damaging several vehicles along the way.
In 2019, an 11-year-old boy was used as a getaway driver in a stolen car by a group of teenagers, who allegedly tried to rob a customer of a dairy and a gas station.
Crate Day was released by radio station The Rock in 2009 as a publicity stunt. Since then, it has been embraced by the liquor industry, with many vendors creating cases of ready-to-drink premixed alcohol in addition to beer.
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ER doctor Scott Pearson has seen the effects of box day firsthand.
Meanwhile, Dunedin’s busy weekend for police began on Friday afternoon when they were called in to help firefighters enter a smoke-filled house on Kaikorai Valley Rd.
No one was home, but firefighters found a pot of saveloys unattended.
It was a reminder not to leave the kitchen unsupervised, Bond said.
Later that day, police were called for a road rage incident on Brockville Rd, which involved chasing and “bumper-to-bumper contact.”
A 26-year-old man was charged with dangerous driving and suspended driving.
Police were also involved in the chase of a Ford Falcon after the driver fled from a police car on Somerville St around 10:30 p.m. Friday.
The chase was abandoned, but the car was later found in Royal Cres, with police dogs tracking three youths to a nearby home.
The car was impounded and the matter was referred to Youth Aid, Bond said.
Police also caught a drunk disqualified driver while driving to a pub around 7:30 pm on Saturday.
The 22-year-old was seen “tripping” from his vehicle and later recorded a breath alcohol reading of 696 mcg.
A checkpoint Saturday night at the north end of George St detained 200 motorists, with three people charged with driving under the influence, Bond said.
All three drivers recorded breath alcohol readings of 552 mcg, 757 mcg, and 807 mcg respectively.
Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man had been drinking in the Octagon when he was hit by a Ute while trying to cross the street around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
The man’s leg was initially trapped under the ute, and the driver later fled the scene.
The investigation was ongoing, Bond said.
Police were called into another road rage incident, this time on Cumberland St, at 8:20 p.m. Sunday.
A 26-year-old man disagreed with another motorist’s driving and pulled out, forcing them to stop, Bond said.
He opened the driver’s doors and snatched the phone from the driver “because he believed they were recording it … and then he punched him in the head.”
Subsequently, the police detained the man at his home and charged him with dangerous driving and assault.
He was expected to appear in Dunedin District Court on Thursday.
Later that night, at 9.45 p.m., police detained a 26-year-old woman on North Rd and recorded a breath alcohol reading of 1178 mcg.
She would appear in court later this month.
