NSW drink driving mum crashes with toddler in car
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This is awful
A woman was allegedly more than twice the legal alcohol limit when she crashed into a fence in Sydney's southwest while her two-year-old daughter was unsecured beside her.
Police called to Heckenberg about 9.30pm on Tuesday stopped a white ute that had crashed into a fence and was moving slowly, 7 News reports.
Officers say the two-year-old girl was standing unrestrained on the front passenger seat.
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The 43-year-old driver was breath tested and allegedly returned a reading of 0.121, police said.
She is due in the Liverpool Local Court on July 10 to face charges of mid-range drink driving, unrestrained child, and driving with a passenger under four in the front.
Police said they have alerted the Department of Family and Community Services and the toddler is now in her grandmother's care.
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Nicola Conville has worked as a journalist and editor for more than 20 years across a wide range of print and online publications. Her areas of expertise are parenting, health and travel. She has two children; Lucy, age eight, and Nathan, age five.