Luck in misfortune had an 8-year-old boy and a 31-year-old on Monday. A drunk driver ignored a red traffic light and collided with the two pedestrians at the zebra crossing in Spittal an der Drau. But instead of stopping and helping, the alcohol driver fled.
When the green light was on, a 43-year-old father and his two children (8 and 11) crossed the zebra crossing on the B99 near Burgplatz in Spittal an der Drau. A 31-year-old woman came towards them from the other side of the street when suddenly a car did not stop despite the red traffic light and a collision occurred. The 31-year-old and the 8-year-old son were hit by the car. “The 8-year-old was thrown to the ground by the impact, but was able to get up again a few seconds later,” reports the police. The 31-year-old was hit on the left knee by the bumper, but was able to get back onto the sidewalk on her own. Instead of getting out and helping the injured, the driver of the car stopped abruptly, pointed something out of the vehicle and then fled. “Of those involved, only the license plate could be noted,” says the police. The officials immediately went in search of the fugitive, who was finally found at his registered address. “The alcohol test carried out there showed that the 84-year-old man from the Spittal an der Drau district was moderately intoxicated,” the officials report. In order to determine the exact alcohol level, he was asked to undergo an alcohol test. “This was denied,” it said. The 84-year-old has now lost his driver’s license, is being reported for several administrative violations and the public prosecutor’s office will also deal with the case. The two injured were lucky: the eight-year-old suffered a few abrasions, the 31-year-old went to the hospital herself because of her knee injury.
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