A Queensland man has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly crashing his truck into a police van while drunk.
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Police accuse the 47-year-old man of driving a truck through the Warwick suburb of Rosenthal Heights while three times the blood-alcohol limit on Sunday night.
A member of the public tipped off officers, claiming to have seen the man driving after drinking alcohol.
Police first spotted the Warwick man behind the wheel of a Volvo truck and trailer on Mardon Road about 10.50pm.
“It will be alleged the driver failed to stop and turned into Schoch Road where the truck stopped and reversed back into the police van before driving off,” a police spokesman said.
Officers pursued the truck along Schoch Road before arresting the driver when he stopped at a home and allegedly returned a positive breath test of 0.153 per cent.
The 47-year-old Rosenthal Heights man has been charged with dangerous driving, drink driving, and failing to stop and comply with the duties of a driver after a crash.
He is due to appear at the Warwick Magistrates Court on March 27.
