Drug frenzy at the wheel: 23-year-old causes serious accident!

Drug frenzy at the wheel: 23-year-old causes serious accident!

Eilenburg, Deutschland - in Eilenburg there was a spectacular accident on Sunday morning when a 23-year-old tried to escape police control. According to the police, the man ignored the civil servant's stopping marks around 3 a.m. on Ziegelstrasse and raced away at excessive speed. Shortly before the roundabout, he lost control of his vehicle, ran a curb and crashed into a traffic sign, which led to property damage of around 14,000 euros. His 20-year-old passenger was slightly injured. A rapid drug test showed that the driver was under the influence of cannabis and amphetamines and was also traveling with a stolen car that had also been stolen with Polish license plates, reported the LVZ.

The escape from the police is not an isolated case. A nationwide trend shows that more and more drivers are trying to withdraw traffic controls, which can potentially have fatal consequences. According to the Welt there was a recently fatal incident in North Rhine-Westphalia, as a driver with Delivered the speed of a control and finally ended in a cemetery. Such risky escapes are not only dangerous for the drivers themselves, but also for uninvolved. In cities like Berlin, an increase in the escapes was documented; The number of persecution trips rose from 245 cases in 2020 to over 278 by the end of November 2023.

worrying statistics

The police union therefore calls for stronger training of the emergency services and the use of new technologies such as the "stop stick" in order to stop fleeing vehicles more safely. In some regions, it is also pointed out to an increase in the accidents associated with such escapes, which underlines the urgency of measures to prevent danger. By fleeing, more and more people not only endanger their own lives, but also life from others, which could take on dimensions that would be increasing again in the event of a rising traffic control volume.