One drink-driving offence led to another after a woman crashed a car into a fence.

Not only was the Portland woman in her 20s charged with drink-driving, but police said another woman who took the first driver away after she fled the scene was also charged with drink-driving. The second woman was on a learner's permit at the time.

Sergeant Martin Flannery, of Portland police in south-west Victoria, said

police were called to the scene of the crash in Must Street about 10pm on Friday.

The vehicle involved was gone but police were able to identify it because its front bumper bar, with licence plate attached, fell off in the crash and remained on site.