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He drove recklessly and surpassed almost four times the maximum rate of alcohol
He is allegedly charged with the crimes of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has arrested the driver of a tourism that accessed the A-7 motorway, at the height of Lorca, in the opposite direction, putting at risk the life and physical integrity of the users of the road, And caused a traffic accident in which a woman was injured.
The arrested person is attributed the presumed authorship of the crimes of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages.
Within the framework of the road safety monitoring services developed in connection with the Special Traffic Operation of Holy Week of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), the Operative Service Center of Traffic (COTA) of the Benemérita was alerted, Through the telephone number Emergencias 1-1-2, that a tourism had been sighted circulating in the opposite direction to the one established by the highway A-7 (Algeciras-Barcelona), known like the highway of the Mediterranean, making sense Algeciras by the road Reserved direction Barcelona.
Immediately established the appropriate device to deal with this irregular situation mobilized two patrols of motorists of the Traffic Association, which managed to intercept the vehicle on the A-7 motorway, in the vicinity of the Lorca tunnel after joining the road In the opposite direction to the established, to travel about 500 meters of irregular form and to cause an accident of circulation when colliding with a taxi in which the passenger of this last vehicle was wounded.
The Civil Guard immediately restored traffic safety, altered by this event, and identified the driver as a 50-year-old Spanish man and neighbor of the municipality who showed clear signs of being under the influence of alcoholic beverages. To the mandatory tests, in which it yielded the results of 0.87 and 0.82 milligrams of alcohol per liter of air, respectively in both mandatory tests, almost quadrupling the maximum allowed rate, which is 0.25 mg / liter.
Due to these facts, he was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of two crimes against road safety, one for reckless driving and another for doing so under the influence of alcohol, being placed at the disposal of the Court of Instruction number 2 of Lorca (Murcia), to Holding fast judgment.
Likewise, the tourism that led the arrested person, who had suffered serious damage, was removed by a roadside assistance service, being available to the same judicial authority.
The detainee, because of the high blood alcohol content he had, was totally disoriented and incapacitated for driving and circulated from Lorca, where he apparently had been drinking alcoholic beverages for the purpose of moving to his home in Purias.
The crime of reckless driving is contained in the Penal Code and can be punished with imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years and deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a time greater than 1 and up to 6 years.
On the other hand, driving under the influence of toxic drugs, narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances carries alternative punishments of imprisonment of 3 to 6 months, fine of 6 to 12 months or works for the benefit of the community of 31 to 90 days, and in all In case of deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a time exceeding 1 and up to 4 years.
In cases of driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or presence of drugs in the body, the affected vehicles are immobilized by the Civil Guard until their drivers are in a position to continue traveling, once they have lowered the level of breathalyzer inside Of the limits permitted or disappeared the presence of drugs.
You can also take charge of the same other drivers that are enabled, with the realization of the previous appropriate tests, or be removed by a crane, as in this case.
Given the high danger of motorway traffic in the opposite direction to the usual, the Civil Guard wants to appeal to the citizen collaboration so that as soon as they detect one of these situations urgently warn the phones 1-1-2 (emergencies) or 062 (Civil Guard), as has happened in this case, allowing the offender to intercept before an accident occurred.
In addition, it is advised that, whenever possible and except for overtaking, the right lane of the motorway and motorway should be used, since those who drive in the opposite direction for this type of road, often use the left lane to believe Which run on a conventional road with a lane for each direction.
Likewise, the Benemérita continues to reiterate its message to those drivers who in a reckless and reckless way, despite the campaigns and warnings of the DGT, drive after drinking or taking drugs, remembering that, without prejudice to the systematic implementation of preventive controls Ordinary or special, the compulsory tests of alcohol and drugs will be made to all drivers who are accused of committing an infraction, involvement in accidents, or those in which their consumption is detected in the course of other surveillance and inspection activities. Carry out, intensifying during the Spring Festivities of Murcia, Pilgrimage of White and Horses of the Wine of Caravaca de la Cruz.
These devices have the purpose of making citizens aware of the incompatibility of these substances with driving, given the reduction of reflexes and capacities that control the vehicles, and thus guarantee road safety on our roads, avoiding, from this Form, the production of traffic accidents and the serious consequences, as in this case could have led to the use of collective means of transport or alternative formulas for these movements that do not get behind the wheel under these conditions, Of younger drivers.
This is the first case of reckless driving contrary to the established and under the influence of alcohol or drugs occurred on the roads of the Region of Murcia during the year 2017, compared to the seven cases of this nature that were recorded during the past year 2016.
The Traffic Group of the Civil Guard also recalls that during this week a special campaign of speed control is being carried out, within the timetable established by the General Directorate of Traffic and that its objective is the reduction of the accidents derived from the speed Excessive or inadequate and the serious damaging consequences they entail.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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