Wild wrong way drive may be elderly pair's last
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Age will save a couple, aged 100 and 99, from facing charges after driving the wrong way up SH1 through Ngauranga Gorge - but they may lose the right to drive.
Amazingly the duo managed to dodge oncoming southbound traffic for about two kilometres before colliding with another car about 9pm.
They escaped with minor injuries, but the road was blocked for about an hour while the scene was cleared.
It was not yet known which of the pair was behind the wheel.
A Wellington police spokesman said today the driver was unlikely to face charges due to age, but might not be allowed to drive again.
The couple are believed to have joined SH1 from Old Hutt Rd, at the base of the gorge and turned north in the southbound lane.
- NZPA
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