Drunk driver almost hit a girl on the sidewalk in Minsk

February 19, MINSK. In Minsk, a drunk driver nearly hit a teenager on the sidewalk. BelTA was informed about this by the UGAI GUVD of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

On February 18, at about 20.45, in the yard near house No. 6/2 on Tashkentskaya Street, a 30-year-old driver of a Volkswagen car, having left the carriageway, ran into a curb, then drove forward and stopped on the sidewalk. Luckily, the motorist did not hit a 15-year-old girl who was walking her dog. Employees of the traffic police of the Zavodskoy district of the capital, who arrived at the scene of an accident, noticed obvious signs of ALCOHOL intoxication in the driver . The man refused to undergo a medical examination. In addition, it was found that the offender never received a driver's license.

Another drunk driver was detained in the Soviet district of the capital. Today, at about 11:00, employees of the traffic police department near the house number 50 on Surganov Street detained a 46-year-old driver of a Volvo car, who was intoxicated. The result of the examination is 2.58 ppm of alcohol in his body. In addition, today at about 11.55 on Partizansky Prospekt near the Moscow Ring Road, the attention of the traffic police crew of the traffic police department of the Zavodskoy district police department of the capital was attracted by a Ford car, which stood out from the traffic flow with its driving style. A 62-year-old man with obvious signs of intoxication was driving a foreign car. The result of a medical examination is 1 ppm of alcohol in the violator's exhaled air.

The state traffic inspectorate reminds that driving after drinking alcohol is prohibited. "If you are unsure of your well-being, be prudent - use a taxi or ask your loved ones for help," the traffic police said.