Alleged drunk driver throws bottle of wine out of car, runs from cops

An alleged drunk driver has been arrested after throwing a bottle of wine out the window of his car before running away from police.

The 35-year-old man was pulled over on Main North Road in Adelaide as after police saw him driving slowly in the middle of two lanes.

The driver then allegedly threw a wine bottle out of his car window before officers pulled him over.

The man then allegedly then ran away from police while they were searching his car after they had pulled him over on Midway Road, at Elizabeth East.

Witness Samantha Lynch said she could hear police chasing after him.

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“I’m in mum’s room watching the cameras, and all of a sudden I hear one of the female officers screaming ‘lock the doors, lock all of your doors’.”

The man was then arrested in Lynch’s backyard. It took six officers to get him into the back of a police car. 

“I could see the flashes from the police officers and you could kinda tell that they were tackling him,” Lynch said.

The 35-year-old was pulled over by an unmarked police car 20 minutes prior to his arrest.

He was charged with several offences, including failing to stop for police and refusing a breath analysis.