A person’s visa is beneath evaluate after he allegedly received drunk, stole his employer’s automotive and dumped it on practice tracks, leaving it to be hit.
The 23-year-old was at house in Merungle Hill in central NSW, about 360 kilometres west of Canberra on Saturday evening the place he “consumed a considerable amount of intoxicating liquor”, police mentioned.
Police mentioned the Vanuatu nationwide, who would not have a driver’s licence, then took a Hyundai Tucson owned by his boss and drove to close by Regulator Highway.
“The accused has cleared a 3-4 foot gully, bounced alongside the grass for roughly 60 metres, earlier than hitting the underside of the monitor ballast (rocks used to carry practice tracks),” NSW Visitors and Freeway Patrol mentioned.
“The person has hit the monitor ballast, launched over the practice tracks and landed roughly 10 metres away from the practice tracks.”
He then reversed the automotive again onto the tracks the place it received caught, police mentioned, earlier than leaving the automotive and going house.
The subsequent morning a practice travelling from Griffith to Sydney reached the spot the place the automotive had been dumped. The driving force noticed it in time and stopped.
An area farmer and his tractor then helped transfer the Hyundai from the tracks and the practice continues on its journey.
“Police attended the drivers house deal with and spoke to the person, the place he made full admissions to police,” freeway patrol mentioned.
He has been charged with taking a automotive with out the consent of the proprietor, driving with out ever holding a licence, negligent driving and inflicting obstruction to a practice.
The 23-year-old will seem in Leeton Native Courtroom at a later date and his visa standing is beneath evaluate.
