In the Volozhin region, a motorcyclist crashed into a pole, a passenger was injured

June 1, MINSK . In the Volozhin region, a motorcycle passenger was injured in an accident when a drunk driver without a license crashed into a pole. BELTA was informed about this by the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

According to preliminary information, on May 31 at about 3.30 in the village of Pugachi on 8 March Street near a residential building, a 22-year-old resident of the Volozhin district, who did not have a driver’s license, lost control and crashed into a lighting mast, drove into a ditch and overturned. The young man was in a stateALCOHOL intoxication , 0.98 ppm was found in his blood.

The offender fled the scene of the accident, but was soon detained.

The passenger of the motorcycle, a local resident born in 2001, was taken to intensive care with serious injuries. it turned out that both men were riding a motorcycle without helmets.

The State Traffic Inspectorate reminds that driving while intoxicated and without a driver's license is not only strictly punishable by law, but can also have dire consequences. Traffic police officers urge citizens not to drive drunk and not to endanger their lives and the lives of others.