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Man charged with reckless driving

Staff WriterMelville Gazette

A MAN has been charged after he allegedly mounted median strips and the footpath on a drive through Applecross yesterday morning.

Police allege the man drove on the wrong side of the road, over median strips, through red lights and along a footpath.

The man was driving a Ford Falcon panel van about 8.40am yesterday morning when police received numerous calls from members of the public.

When police arrived they saw the panel van travelling at low speed.

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The vehicle was stopped on Canning Highway near Wilcock Street and a man was taken into custody.

A 46-year-old man from Halls Head has been charged with reckless driving, failing to comply with a direction to stop, having no authority to drive and possessing a prohibited drug (methylamphetamine).

He will appear in the Fremantle Magistrates Court today.