A female passenger who appeared to be drunk had to be restrained in handcuffs yesterday after the car she was in crashed at high speed into a parked car in Blenheim, witnesses say.
The driver, a 31-year-old unemployed Blenheim man, is likely to face speed and alcohol-related charges after he crashed into the parked vehicle at 4.30pm on the corner of Budge St and Grove Rd, police said.
Witnesses told The Marlborough Express at least two of the three female passengers appeared drunk and one of them had to be restrained by the police.
Police confirmed today there were three female passengers, two of them aged 17, but could not say whether they had been drinking.
The third passenger, aged 45, had to be cut from the car by the Blenheim Volunteer Fire Brigade.
St John Ambulance operations team manager Tony Cronin said all four car occupants were taken to Wairau Hospital, in Blenheim.
The 45-year-old woman suffered back and abdominal pains, while the driver had arm and facial injuries. One of the 17-year-old passengers suffered a head injury and the other had minor leg injuries.
The driver of the parked car said he ran to safety as the speeding Subaru Legacy crashed into his vehicle and shunted it several metres forward onto the footpath.
He said he was returning to his car and had opened the driver's door when he saw the Subaru travelling at "excessive speed" towards him.
The man, from Blenheim, ran out of the way and was uninjured, but said his insured car was most likely a writeoff.
Constable Michelle Stagg, of Blenheim, said speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, and charges were likely. Police were awaiting the result of the driver's blood alcohol test, which could take up to two weeks. Speed, alcohol and driving were "definitely not a good mix".
Police were aware the Mayfield area was popular for boy-racer-type behaviour, Miss Stagg said.
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