Mows everything down

Drunk driver races through garden, mows everything down

The man was heavily intoxicated (symbolic image).

(Bild: Martin Jöchl)

A 31-year-old man from Frankenburg in St. Johann/Walde in Tyrol overlooked an intersection because he was looking at his cell phone for a moment. He "plowed" through a private garden with his van. However, there may have been another reason for the accident: the man had two blood alcohol levels.

The 31-year-old from Frankenburg was driving his van on the Warleitner Landesstraße L1063 coming from Schneibenschlag in the direction of St. Johann am Walde in the municipality of St. Johann am Walde at around 4 p.m. on January 10. According to his own statements, the 31-year-old was looking at his cell phone while driving and therefore overlooked an intersection shortly before the St. Johann am Walde area.

Garden fence and granite pillar flew around 
He therefore drove straight across the T-junction and at full speed through an adjacent garden. He ran over five granite pillars together with the metal fence elements of the garden fence. Some of the garden fence elements were thrown 50 meters away by the force of the impact.

Alcohol test was positive
The van only came to a halt about 100 meters further on in a meadow. A breathalyzer test revealed a blood alcohol level of 2.02 per mille, and the man's driving license was temporarily confiscated. The material damage caused is in the five-digit euro range.