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Australian man breathalysed at 5x the alcohol limit on a lawnmower

An Australian man has blown almost five times over the legal blood alcohol limit on after he was caught driving a ride-on lawnmower on a public road in northern New South Wales, reports AAP.

The 40-year-old was pulled over by police on Saturday night after being spotted driving the motorised lawnmower at Terranora, south of Tweed Heads.

After failing a roadside breath test, the driver was arrested and taken to a local police station where he returned an alleged reading of 0.243.

He is due to appear in court in May on charges of high-range drink driving, driving without an interlock device and driving an unregistered type of motor vehicle on the road.

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