Stopped only by shots
One of the most dramatic events, akin to a crime series scenario, was recorded on Saturday in Verkių Street, the capital.
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The driver of a “VW Passat” disobeyed police officers’ demand to stop, maneuvered dangerously, hit two vehicles, and attempted to run over a police patrol officer born in 1993.
The officer used his service weapon – firing several shots at the car’s rear wheel.
Soon, the driver born in 2000 was stopped; he was visibly drunk but refused to be tested for sobriety.
In such a case, this is equivalent to moderate intoxication (at least 1.51 per mille), for which criminal liability with all consequences is already threatened: a fine, revocation of the driver’s license, confiscation of the car, arrest, or even imprisonment for up to one year.
The driver was taken to the detention center, an investigation has been launched
The visibly intoxicated (refused to be tested for sobriety) driver of the “VW Passat” (born 2000) was detained.
A pre-trial investigation has also been launched regarding the traffic accident that injured people, as well as for resisting police officers’ orders. This could lead to up to 3 years of imprisonment.
In Kaunas County – 7 drunk drivers
A record “harvest” of 7 intoxicated drivers was recorded by Kaunas County police officers.
In Kaunas itself, two young intoxicated drivers were stopped, blowing 2.23 and 2.86 per mille, and another driver – a woman born in 1960, who was found to have 2 per mille intoxication.
The drunkest of the trio, a man born in 1989, also caused a traffic accident – he drove off the road, damaging road barriers and the road embankment.
Also, Kaunas County officers caught the record holder of recent days – on Saturday around 8:25 PM, in Jonava district, on the Jonava-Liepiai-Pasraučiai road, a “Peugeot” driver born in 1991 blew 3.5 per mille into the breathalyzer.
Drunk drivers operated a loader, a tractor
Another drunk man in Kaišiadoriai district, Ilgakiemio village, was driving not a passenger car, but a loader: the driver born in 1975 was found to have a moderate degree of intoxication – 2.22 per mille.
An intoxication of 2.02 per mille was also found in a “Ford” driver born in 1999 in Kėdainiai.
An intoxicated (2.4 per mille) “Ford Focus” driver born in 1968 was also caught by officers in Kelmė district, on the Kelmė–Tytuvėnai road; he was arrested and taken to the detention center.
Also arrested in Mažeikiai, on Laisvės Street, was a woman born in 1984 who was driving a “VW Passat” while intoxicated (1.67 per mille).
In Druskininkai, officers were informed that a “VW Passat” hit a parked car on Ateities St., and the driver fled the scene.
Later, officers found the aforementioned car and its intoxicated (1.85 per mille) owner, born in 1982. A pre-trial investigation has been launched regarding fleeing after causing a traffic accident.
In Radviliškis, an incident also occurred, caused by a man born in 1964 who later “blew” 3.3 per mille: at 6:20 PM, while driving a “Mitsubishi,” he crashed into a fence and damaged it.
In Klaipėda district, Stančiai village, before 9 PM, a “Volvo” car hit a lamppost and drove into a ditch.
The car driver born in 1984 was found to have 2.28 per mille intoxication.
In Jurbarkas district, Leipgiriai village, officers also caught a drunk tractor driver – a man born in 1977 driving a “Suzue” tractor was found to have 1.97 per mille intoxication. The tractor was taken to a storage lot.
In Šakiai district, Ilguva village, an intoxicated (1.57 per mille) woman drove into a roadside ditch before midnight.
Total – 36 accidents
The country’s police announce that a total of 36 traffic accidents were registered on Saturday, three of which occurred due to the fault of intoxicated drivers. However, none of the accidents they caused resulted in more serious consequences.
Out of all recorded traffic accidents, 11 so-called “reportable” traffic accidents were registered, in which people were injured; fortunately, fatalities were avoided this time.
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In these traffic accidents, 15 people were injured, 7 of whom were minors.
