Ute hoon ‘seriously stupid’

A MAN has crashed his ute outside a pub after police allege he was hooning in Palmerston yesterday morning.

Watch Commander Senior Sergeant Garry Smith said: ‘‘In the words of Albert Einstein, only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I’m not sure about the former. If it wasn’t so potentially dangerous, serious and outrageously stupid, you might have got a giggle out of it.’’

Sen-Sgt Smith said police went to a single- vehicle crash about 7am yesterday where a silver ute had somehow crashed into the steel bollards outside The Arch Rival Bar& Grill.

‘‘A quick review of CCTV in that area showed the crash was a result of a burnout going terribly wrong,’’ he said.

‘‘ The male 20- year- old driver is in a world of hurt, apart from a minor bump to his head.

‘‘ There’s the extensive damage to his car, the traffic offences committed, the anti-hooning offences committed, a zero- alcohol licence condition while returning a breath alcohol content of .018 per cent and the list goes on for him to consider.

‘‘The CCTV footage tells a thousand words.’’