A man driving his son’s car claimed to Dunedin police he was "being chased" when he fled the scene of a crash in Māori Hill.
Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said police were called after the driver crashed into a parked car in Drivers Rd, Māori Hill at 5.25am this morning.
When they arrived, the person that caused the crash had fled the scene.
They went to the registered address of the vehicle and found the car had been driven by a Dunedin resident’s father who was in New Zealand visiting from overseas.
The man’s father told officers he was being "chased", Sgt Lee said.
He underwent breath testing procedures and passed.
On Saturday at 10.22pm, a 28-year-old woman allegedly high on MDMA attempted to swerve around a vehicle in Highgate, but in doing so she crashed into another vehicle on the other side of the road.
When police arrived, she failed a compulsory impairment test, during which she admitted to officers she had recently taken MDMA.
A blood specimen was taken from the woman and the results were pending, Sgt Lee said.
Ten minutes earlier, a 24-year-old man approached a police checkpoint in Great King St, but allegedly turned down a nearby side street in a bid to avoid being breath tested.
Eventually, he was stopped in nearby Neville St and police had the man undergo breath testing procedures.
He recorded a breath alcohol level of 600mcg — the legal limit is 250mcg.
The man was charged with drink driving and he would appear in Dunedin District Court at a later date.
