Broncos media boss to face court over alleged drink-driving crash
Melissa Mallet, 39, was allegedly driving a white Kia Sorrento on June 2 about 9.45pm when it crashed into two cars on Tooth Avenue in Paddington in Brisbane's western suburbs.
It was less than two kilometres from the Broncos headquarters in Red Hill.
After the crash, police allege she failed to stop, and attempted to do a U-turn, before nearby residents assisted Mallet out of the car.
Officers arrived on the scene, and she allegedly returned a positive roadside breath test before she was taken to hospital for treatment.
She was charged with driving whilst under the influence of liquor, and is scheduled to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on July 8.
Mallet is known as a former Nine News reporter in Brisbane.
She was sacked over the 'Choppergate' scandal, in which the broadcaster faked live helicopter crosses to the Sunshine Coast site where police and volunteers were searching for the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe.
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