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High level drink-driver remanded for sentence
A man who police believe had the worst drink-driving level recorded in Canterbury admitted drink-driving and dangerous driving charges today.
Nileshkumar Vallabh Patel, a self-employed dairy owner from Kaiapoi, was driving on Ohoka Road when he drove over the raised centre island, drove on the wrong side of the road, and then veered toward high school children on the footpath. He then veered left and collided head on with a van.
Both cars were damaged, and reparation is being sought for damage to the road and road signs.
At the Rangiora District Court sitting at Nga Hau e Wha marae Judge Oke Blaikie remanded Patel on bail to October 19 for sentence, and ordered a pre-sentence report and reparation report.
The accident happened on August 16. When police attended, they found Patel incoherent, and not seeming to comprehend anything.
The 34-year-old?s results showed he was more than five times the legal limit with 406 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The limit is 80mg.
