Another Jeep driver?

[JDNSW]

Yesterday the Barrier Highway was closed between Cobar and Hermidale by a fatal road accident involving a ute, a Jeep, and a road train. The driver of the ute, from Broken Hill, was killed and a female passenger and a six year old taken to hospital. The other two drivers were uninjured.

The Jeep driver, from Chipping Norton, refused alcohol and drug testing, and is currently being questioned at Cobar police station. Isn't refusing testing after an accident in itself an offence in NSW?

Edit: He has now been charged, but the news item did not say what the charge is.

[Tote]

Yesterday the Barrier Highway was closed between Cobar and Hermidale by a fatal road accident involving a ute, a Jeep, and a road train. The driver of the ute, from Broken Hill, was killed and a female passenger and a six year old taken to hospital. The other two drivers were uninjured.

The Jeep driver, from Chipping Norton, refused alcohol and drug testing, and is currently being questioned at Cobar police station. Isn't refusing testing after an accident in itself an offence in NSW?

Edit: He has now been charged, but the news item did not say what the charge is.

He may have been couriering some illicit substances as well as partaking in same ?

Regards,
Tote

[JDNSW]

He may have been couriering some illicit substances as well as partaking in same ?

Regards,
Tote

That did occur to me. There seems to be a tendency for people involved in illegal activities to not follow the first rule for this sort of activity "do not draw attention to yourself!". Part of this would be careful driving.

There was an outstanding example of this in Sydney a year or two ago when a drug courier with a van containing a bulk shipment managed to hit half a dozen police cars outside a police station.

[cuppabillytea]

I once saw a highly modified and brightly coloured Commodore hooning around in New Castle. Only stopped to deliver a stash.

[V8Ian]

Yesterday the Barrier Highway was closed between Cobar and Hermidale by a fatal road accident involving a ute, a Jeep, and a road train. The driver of the ute, from Broken Hill, was killed and a female passenger and a six year old taken to hospital. The other two drivers were uninjured.

The Jeep driver, from Chipping Norton, refused alcohol and drug testing, and is currently being questioned at Cobar police station. Isn't refusing testing after an accident in itself an offence in NSW?

Edit: He has now been charged, but the news item did not say what the charge is.
Failing to supply draws the same penalty as a positive result in the highest range.

[Saitch]

Failing to supply draws the same penalty as a positive result in the highest range.

May have been the lesser of two evils, depending on substances involved?

Perhaps there are a lot of substance affected drivers on the road, when you see some of the shenanigans on the roads.