Driver fired

Drunk driving on the streetcar: passenger injured!

The incident took place on the D line (symbolic image)

(Bild: Manfred Helmer)

Desperate scenes took place on the D streetcar line in Nußdorf on Tuesday. The streetcar driver was drunk and a passenger was injured. The police are investigating for assault, Wiener Linien have fired the driver. 

It was supposed to be a quiet evening in Nussdorf when a passenger on the D line suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground. Nothing unusual, you might think - streetcars jerk, passengers sometimes lose their balance. But when the police arrived on the scene, the story took an unexpected turn.

The streetcar driver, who had only recently joined Wiener Linien, was subjected to a breathalyzer test. The result: almost 0.9 per mille.  

The officers did not hesitate for long and took the driver off duty immediately. According to the police, the passenger who fell was injured and investigations are underway on suspicion of negligent bodily harm. The Bim driver was reported to the police. 

Wiener Linien also reacted immediately: "We have a strict 
strict ban on alcohol. If this is disregarded, there are strict consequences. The gentleman is no longer working for us," a company spokeswoman told the "Krone" newspaper. The transport companies would also independently carry out unannounced alcohol tests on their drivers. 

44 school bus drivers under the influence of drugs
The problem is also acute in other countries: in France, 49 school bus drivers who had consumed drugs or alcohol before driving were stopped. According to the Ministry of Transport in Paris, 44 drivers tested positive for drugs and five drivers were under the influence of alcohol. 

And in Vienna, the police pulled twelve drugged drivers out of circulation in Meidling on Wednesday during a planned square.