Wągrowiec. Chase after a drunk driver

Chase along Wągrowca streets. A drunk driver Audi hit a parked car and tried to escape. The plans were thwarted by a woman who witnessed the incident. She not only alerted the services, but also followed the escaping perpetrator. In the approach to a drunk driver, a policeman accidentally helped.

It started with an inconspicuous collision, ended with the streets of Wągrowiec (Greater Poland Voivodeship). The application was received on Monday. A woman called the emergency number who suspected that the driver who was driving in front of her was drunk. She followed him for some time, finally saw him try to park and hit one of the cars. The impact force was so great that the car was on the road.

– The applicant gave the operator the registration number of the perpetrator and the exact place where they are. She was afraid that this driver would leave in a moment because he did not stop in the attempt to fire the vehicle. The driver moved, and the reporter, keeping cold blood, followed him – informed asp. Dominik Zieliński, spokesman for the Poviat Police Headquarters in Wągrowiec.

“Help me keep him”

The woman was following the black Audi. When at the intersection of Cisterska and Opacka Cars stopped at the traffic lights, the driver jumped out of the car and shouted to another driver “Help me to stop him”.

– She was not aware that she asked a policeman with 20 years of service for help. He realized that the car's mask was damaged, hence his reaction was immediate. The policeman immobilized the vehicle, took the driver's keys and overpowered in the vehicle, preventing him from leaving – said Zieliński.

“He explained that he wasn't the one who managed”

A few minutes later a police patrol appeared. A 41-year-old drunk was detained. Citizen Ukraine He had 2.7 per mille of alcohol in his body. – The vehicle was secured by a co -owner and a man detained for further actions. In a conversation with policemen on the spot, as well as with the co -owner of the car he explained that he was not driving – the policeman added.

Drivers are punishable by up to three years imprisonment, a fine from five thousand zlotys, a car confiscation and a ban on driving.