The risk of alcohol: 23-year-old has an accident and flees in Kirchdorf

The risk of alcohol: 23-year-old has an accident and flees in Kirchdorf

KIRCHDORF. In the early morning of October 13, a serious accident occurred near Pettenbach. A 23-year-old driver from the Kirchdorf district on the Krems drove alcoholic on the L536 when he got off the road in a right curve around 3:00 a.m. The car initially rammed a grid fence and overturned twice before it came to a standstill after around 120 meters on the premises of an adjacent company.

The driver's behavior was particularly alarming: without taking care of the consequences of the accident, he simply left the scene of the accident. It was only around 7:50 a.m. that an uninvolved driver noticed the victim and informed the police. Since it was unclear at the time what exactly happened, various measures were initiated immediately. This included a search, the location of the driver's cell phone and the support of a dog fleet.

identification and arrest of the driver

The police finally found the driver at the home address of relatives around 9:30 a.m. During the examination in the Kirchdorf hospital, it turned out that he had only suffered a slight bruise on the wrist on the accident. A alkotest carried out at 10:30 a.m. resulted in a positive value, which means that the alcohol concentration in the driver's blood exceeds the legally permitted limit.

The exact circumstances of the incident and the consequences for the driver are currently not known in detail. Nevertheless, this incident throws questions about security on the streets, especially at night. Alcohol at the wheel remains an urgent problem that continues to require an intensive discussion about how to avoid such accidents. For further details on this incident, interested readers can report at www.e-steyr.com track.