A woman whose breath alcohol was more than three times the legal limit was caught drink-driving after she crashed into a pedestrian island.
Gabrielle Jane Edmonds had 1216mcg of alcohol on her breath when she crashed her car in Totara St on April 17. The convictable limit is 400mcg.
Edmonds veered across the centre line, hit a raised pedestrian island and caused significant damage to her car, police prosecutor Sergeant Rachel Willemsen told Whanganui District Court.
Defence lawyer Stephen Ross said Edmonds was looking down to change the radio station when she crashed.
The solo mother of three had one other drink-driving conviction, from 2003, he said.