A wrong-way driver caused an accident on the A3 in Rhineland-Palatinate on Sunday.
In the traffic jam that followed, a 32-year-old fell asleep drunk behind the wheel.
Rhineland-Palatinate - A wrong-way driver caused an accident with several injuries on Sunday.
In the subsequent backwater on the A3 in Rhineland-Palatinate in the direction of Cologne, a man fell asleep at the wheel.
The police initially assumed a medical emergency, according to a report by the AFP press agency.
In fact, the man was heavily drunk, as a subsequent breath test showed.
82-year-old wrong-way driver causes accident on the A3
An 82-year-old driver was driving on the A3 in Rhineland-Palatinate in the direction of Cologne on the wrong side of the motorway.
The wrong-way driver collided with an oncoming car at the Neustadt / Wied junction and seriously injured the passenger.
The driver was also injured.
The person who caused the accident was only slightly injured.
He had to surrender his driver's license, and criminal proceedings are now pending against him for endangering road traffic.
Uninvolved 32-year-old falls asleep drunk in a traffic jam - and calls the police on the scene
The lane had to be closed, a backlog formed.
When the route was reopened and the vehicles were able to continue, a car stopped in the right lane.
The driver sat motionless in his car, which called the police to the scene.
Initially, the officers assumed a medical emergency.
The door of the car would not open, so the police broke the window.
In the case of the 32-year-old driver of the car, the officials found 2.14 per mille in a breath alcohol test.
He too had to surrender his driver's license and was charged with drunk driving.
In addition, the drunk driver's car showed fresh signs of an accident, which is why the police initiated an investigation.
