A Mailors Flat woman is being charged on summons with at least five driving offences after a bizarre driving incident in Allansford during early March.
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Warrnambool police Acting Senior Sergeant Dean Greenwood said a 31-year-old woman was interviewed by police soon after the incident on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 6.
The woman is alleged to have sped in a 100km/h zone and gone over the Ziegler Parade bridge at Allansford the wrong way.
Her wrecked Holden Commodore sedan ended up on the front lawn of a home, almost 30 metres east of the bridge.
The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the Warrnambool Base Hospital for assessment and treatment.
On Friday Acting Senior Sergeant Greenwood said the woman attended at the Warrnambool police station the following day and was interviewed in relation to traffic matters.
He said she was being charged on summons with five offences including speeding, conduct endanger persons and dangerous driving.
She will appear in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on a date to be fixed.
"The woman made admissions in relation to speeding and we are still waiting for toxicology results which we should have in the next couple of weeks which could result in further charges," Acting Senior Sergeant Greenwood said.
"She was having a bad day and didn't really give an explanation. The woman is not a recidivist offender," he said.
On the afternoon of March 6 police were travelling east on the Princes Highway towards Allansford when they were overtaken by a maroon Holden sedan driven by the woman.
Officers attempted to intercept the vehicle, it failed to pull over, police disengaged and notified police communications about what had happened.
The vehicle then travelled down the wrong side of the road over the bridge, struck a bollard and come to rest on a front nature strip.
