Transcarpathian police caught two drunk drivers, both had been involved in road accidents

During the past 24 hours, response teams of the patrol police recorded cases of driving in the state of intoxication in Beregovo and Khust regions.

An accident happened yesterday in the village of Kosyno in Beregovo district: a car Opel Vectra with foreign registration driven by a local resident crashed into and toppled a power line post.

When the patrol police response team arrived at the scene, they found out that the driver was in a state of severe alcohol intoxication. He was taken to the hospital for medical examination, where 3 ppm of alcohol was found in his blood. The driver also did not have a driver’s license. Appropriate reports of administrative offenses were drawn up against him.

The second traffic accident caused by a drunk driver occurred in the city of Khust. There, a local resident, driving a car Chery Amulet, lost control and crashed into a fence. The driver was in a state of intoxication, 2.44 ppm of alcohol was found in his blood. An appropriate report of administrative offense was drawn up against the offender, and his driver’s license was seized.

The reports of administrative offenses against both offenders under Art. 130 of the CAO (Driving a vehicle by a person who is in a state of alcohol intoxication) will be forwarded to the court for making a final decision.

The Department of Communications of Transcarpathian Regional Police