The arrest was difficult.
Sunday, December 6, the national police intervened at the home of a man in Lunéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle) south of Nancy, questioning him for his din before having him hospitalized, discovering an alcohol level of 7, 14 g per liter of blood.
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It is a neighbor of the respondent, rue de la République, who had called the police, who arrived on site around 8:20 p.m., according to LorraineActu.
These encountered some difficulties, the man eventually opening his door but being violent.
He allegedly punched a piece of furniture, then stabbed himself twice, injuring himself superficially.
Departmental "record"
Obviously drunk, it was the firefighters who took charge of the individual to drive him to the city hospital. There, the first analyzes showed a blood alcohol level of 7.14 grams per liter, which according to police statements to LorraineActu, would constitute a new "
record
" in the department. In 2019, an article in
Le Figaro
listed some unusual blood alcohol levels, in particular that of a 37-year-old French motorist, tested at 10 grams per liter in 2005. The highest measurement would concern a Polish thirty-something, tested at 13, 74 grams per liter. According to Dr Philippe Batel, addictologist at Beaujon Hospital (AP-HP) in Clichy, “
It is estimated that with 1.5 grams of alcohol in the blood, 30% of the population would go into an ethyl coma
”, loss of consciousness with potentially serious consequences.
