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ARTICLE · 11 MARCH 2022

Instagram influencer avoids jail for high range drink driving

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Driving with high range PCA is defined as driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration between 0.150 and above.

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Avinash Singh
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Instagram influencer Patricia Hadjia has narrowly avoided jail for high range drink driving after crashing into multiple cars and flipping the vehicle she was in.

Following the accident, both herself and a passenger had to free themselves from the wreckage.

She appeared at Waverley Local Court where she was sentenced to community service.

High Range Drink Driving with an Accident

28-year-old Patricia Hadjia was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee on 16 October 2021 in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra.

At approximately 9.50pm, she was travelling at an unknown speed and crashed into the rear of a parked Toyota Corolla. She continued driving before rear-ending a stationary Subaru Forrester on Duncan Street. She then swerved and crashed into a Kia, which caused the Jeep to roll onto its side.

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