A LATE night Maccas run turned sour for a Darwin drunkard early Friday morning.

The 30-year-old man passed out in his car in the drive-through lane of the Ludmilla McDonalds, having ordered a Big Mac Meal shortly after 3am.

The restaurant manager, Kyle Pitcher, spent 15 minutes trying to wake the man up and called an ambulance, concerned that he may have had collapsed for medical reasons.

Northern Territory Police Duty Superintendent Sean Furniss said police breath tested the man shortly after they arrived. He blew almost four times the legal limit

“He was arrested when he blew .196, he was conveyed to the Darwin Watch house,” Snr Sgt Furniss said.

The man had ordered his meal but passed out before collecting it.

In a note left for the day shift, Mr Pitcher said he the man did not smell or seem drunk when he was woken and checked over by the ambulance crew.

The burger lover did not end up getting his meal, but staff refunded his $11 as he was being taken away by police.

The man has been charged with high range drink driving, and will appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court at a later date.

Snr Sgt Furniss said the man was one of 10 people charged with drink driving overnight.

“People still aren’t getting the message, to have 10 in one night is not good enough,” he said.