Man charged with speeding offences and high range PCA near Wagga Wagga

Wednesday, 05 November 2025 03:24:24 PM

A man has been charged with speeding and high range PCA in the state’s south.

About 5:25pm yesterday (Tuesday 6 November 2025), police were patrolling south on Kyeamba Street, Ladysmith, about 19km east of Wagga Wagga, when they allegedly detected a car travelling 131 km/hr in a 50km/hr zone, during a storm.

Officers pulled over the 39-year-old driver and submitted him to a roadside breath test, where he allegedly returning a positive reading.

He was arrested and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station where he underwent a breath analysis which returned a positive alcohol reading of 0.154.

Police will allege he was travelling with a 27-year-old female passenger and a 6-month-old girl in the backseat.

He was charged with drive with high range PCA, drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous and class A m/v exceed speed greater than 45 km/h. His license was suspended.

He was granted bail to appear in Wagga Wagga Local Court on Wednesday 14 January 2026.

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