In Irkutsk police detained a drunk driver who caused three crashes in a short time and fled the first scene. The 50 year old man drove a Toyota Corolla heavily intoxicated and without a license, causing major damage. He is now in custody and faces several charges.
In Irkutsk, police officers detained a drunk driver whose fault caused three traffic accidents resulting in significant material damage to the victims’ vehicles.The first accident was recorded on Traktovaya Street. The driver of a Toyota Corolla, while driving along a busy highway, committed serious traffic violations and, as a result, collided with Honda Fit and Toyota Fielder vehicles traveling in the same direction. After that, the culprit fled the scene. The victims immediately called the traffic police duty unit and reported his vehicle number.
Police officers managed to detain the reckless driver near a house on Mayakovsky Street, where he had just committed the third collision of the day with a Toyota Camry Gracia.
It was established that the 50-year-old driver was behind the wheel in a state of severe alcohol intoxication and also did not have his driver’s license with him.
The man has now been placed in a temporary detention facility and has been held liable for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while intoxicated, and driving without a license.
Based on materials from the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Irkutsk