Vehicles broken into, windows smashed
Police are keen to hear from anyone with information, or who saw anything suspicious on Ryan Loop Road, Jack’s Point, overnight last Tuesday after two vehicles were broken into and damaged.
Sergeant Tracy Haggart says the two vehicles - a silver Mitsubishi Colt hatchback and a white Subaru Legacy Station wagon - parked on the road had their rear passenger windows damaged to gain entry and their ignition barrels tempered with in an attempt to start them.
The incidents happened between 5pm on Tuesday, 12 August, and 4am the following morning.
Investigations are continuing but Police have no suspects as yet.
Beat the traffic
A 37-year-old Australian man was spotted driving over the raised traffic island into oncoming lanes in his rental car in a line of traffic on Hawthorne Drive at 3pm on Friday, 15 August.
He then made a right turn into Bunnings driveway where Haggart says he was stopped in the carpark and issued with a written traffic warning for careless driving.
Meanwhile, a 28-year-old Queenstown woman lost concentration driving down Frankton Road slowly just before 6.30pm on Thursday, 14 August, colliding with the back of the vehicle in front in a non-injury accident causing minor damage. Infringement notice issued.
Wheelie bins were also driven into by an unknown driver in Toni’s Terrace, Lower Shotover, at 8.15pm that evening, while the next afternoon a 27-year-old Queenstown woman was caught driving without a current driver’s licence in Domain Road and forbidden to drive.
Drink driving tests
Police are awaiting alcohol blood results before deciding on any charges after a 21-year-old Cromwell man failed to negotiate a curve in the road driving straight into a side barrier on his way from Queenstown to Cromwell on the Gibbston Highway, near Arrow River Bridge, at 7.25pm on Friday, 15 August. Haggart says the man received a head injury and concussion in the crash.
Police stopped three drivers on Maori Jack Road at Jack’s Point just before 6pm on Friday, 15 August – local men aged 42 and 44, both blowing 400mcg and under, while a 36-year-old local woman blew 524mcg there. She was charged and appears court 5 September.
Police are also waiting on alcohol blood test results for a 39-year old local man, stopped in Stewart Street, 8.46pm, 15 August.
Skiers airlifted
St John and the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter picked up two patients from Cardrona Ski Area – one on Monday, 18 August, and one on Tuesday, 19 August, both airlifted to Dunedin Hospital. A St John spokesperson says one was in a minor condition while no condition was available for the other.
