Two drunk drivers

Pongau man (22) lands on guardrail while driving drunk

(Bild: Freiwillige Feuerwehr St.Johann/Pongau)

The local man drove off the road in St. Johann im Pongau during a turning maneuver on Sunday night. The police were called out and found that the young man had been drinking alcohol. By chance, the officers caught a Romanian who had parked conspicuously at the scene of the accident.

When questioned about the circumstances of the accident, the 22-year-old local stated that he had left the road on the Pinzgau main road (B311) during a turning maneuver. Due to the force of the impact, the Pongau man's vehicle was catapulted over the guard rail and had to be recovered by the volunteer fire department. The alcohol test with the 22-year-old probationary driver's license holder yielded a result of 1.46 per mille. The police took away the Pongau man's driver's license for the time being.

During the clean-up operation, the police became aware of a 39-year-old Romanian's vehicle parked in the middle of the road nearby. In the course of the investigation, the police discovered that although the Romanian was not involved in the traffic accident, he was also clearly under the influence of alcohol in his car. A breathalyzer test on the Romanian revealed a level of 2.08 per mille. The police also confiscated his driver's license and forbade him to continue driving.