In Kostrzyn nad Odrą (Lubuskie), the police detained a 38-year-old citizen of Ukraine who hit two women on a housing estate road. Rescuers had to pull them out from under the vehicle. It turned out that the man had more than two times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood.
According to senior aspirant Agata Kądziłka from the Municipal Police Headquarters in Gorzów Wielkopolski, on Saturday around At 11:30 p.m., there was a serious accident on Maria Konopnicka’s estate. The driver of the BMW is a 38-year-old citizen Ukraine ran into the walking women. Both were injured and the ambulance took them to the hospital.
The driver was drunk. He ran into the women, then into the fence
The BMW driver’s sobriety test showed that he was driving with more than two times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. His wife, who was with him, was also intoxicated.
“The police arrested the man to investigate the circumstances of the accident. After sobering up, further actions will be carried out with him, Kądziołka added. The man is likely to face charges on Monday.
According to the portal naszemiasto.pl, the driver, according to witnesses, was moving “at high speed”. At some point, he lost control of the vehicle, drove into the women, and then into the fence. After the accident, the driver reportedly tried to flee the scene. Both women were seriously injured and one of them was crushed by the vehicle.
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