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Drunk driving in Nuremberg: police find fugitive driver "lying on the ground"

2021-03-01T17:28:26.321Z


A failed drunk drive in Nuremberg called the police last Saturday. Two men were heavily drunk on the road.


A failed drunk drive in Nuremberg called the police last Saturday.

Two men were heavily drunk on the road.

Nuremberg - On Saturday evening, two men in Nuremberg * really had a bang - both when consuming alcohol and when trying to drive a car afterwards.

The latter failed thoroughly: As the police headquarters in Middle Franconia reported, "an obviously drunk man in the Nuremberg district of Himpfelshof drove his vehicle into a traffic post several times."

The crash caught the attention of several witnesses around 8 p.m., who then alerted the police.

Until the officers arrived, the driver fled from the scene of the accident at the Kleinweidenmühle in the direction of Pregnitz.

The fugitive, who had previously lost control of his vehicle several times, did not go far: "Witnesses stated that the man could hardly stand on his feet due to the intoxication." find the driver lying on the ground near the scene of the accident.

Drunk in Nuremberg: co-driver takes over the wheel - and injures police officers

But that's not all: after his escape, the man had left the wheel to his co-driver, who was also drunk.

He drove on, parked the car nearby, according to the police, and also fled before the patrol arrived.

During the operation, however, the second driver returned to the scene and was checked by the officers.

The police report: “The man was stubborn and aggressive.

He resisted the police measures and slightly injured two police officers. ”An examination of the person showed that the man did not even have a driver's license.

Nuremberg police caught both drivers - both drunk, one without a license on the road

After an alcohol test with subsequent blood sampling, the first driver awaits criminal proceedings for being drunk in traffic.

"The man's driver's license was also secured." According to the police, the second driver awaits a criminal complaint for drunk driving and an investigation into driving without a driver's license and resistance to law enforcement officers.

"Since there were also several wanted notices against him in other matters, the Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor subsequently filed an application for detention against the man," the officials said.

Presumably, both drivers have to take part in the so-called "Depperl test" - the medical-psychological examination (MPU).

Read here * why this is also the case in Bavaria with an alcohol level of less than 1.6 per thousand.

(nap) * Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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