“An attempt was made to stop a vehicle traveling from east to west (from Neuquén to Plottier) and when the driver was stopped for the purpose of carrying out the check, he ignored the action and, In this attempt to escape, he almost ran over a municipal inspector and a police officer. from the police station,” Gomez said.
After almost running over the authorities, the driver stepped on the accelerator and continued on the road with the officers in pursuit, who immediately implemented a lockdown operation. It was not until almost 4 kilometers west that they managed to stop the fugitive, at the intersection of Battilana and Buenos Aires Sur streets.
There, both the driver – about 50 years old – as his companion, “They resisted the procedure and began to berate and attack the staff.“, so they were immediately handcuffed and the Police Traffic personnel were also called to carry out the corresponding actions.
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When the driver was given a breathalyzer test, the reason behind his resistance to the operation was discovered: The breathalyzer showed 2.41 grams of alcohol in the blood. For this reason, his license and vehicle were revoked and he was fined accordingly.
Finally, the on-duty prosecutor’s office was also called in, as a criminal case was initiated against both of them for assault and resistance to authority. Both were detained for a few hours.
Drunk driver crashed on the multiway
This Friday at dawn, another drunk driver kept the Police Transit busy, when he was involved in a crash by hitting another car a few meters from the Police Transit Department located on the Neuquén-Cipolletti bridge and was delayed. He had more than 2 grams of alcohol in his blood. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
Commissioner José Colimán reported that the accident took place around 6 this Friday, at the intersection between Mosconi Avenue (formerly Route 22) and Lázaro Martín Street.
“The accident occurred in circumstances in which the driver of the Chevrolet Corsa circulated through Mosconi in an east-west directionthat is, from Cipolletti to Neuquén; and the driver of the Volkswagen Bora did it from north to south along Lázaro Martínand there he is hit on the left side by the Bora, on the driver’s side,” Colimán said.
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The Transit troops, who have their headquarters on the border between provinces, were just a few meters from the scene of the crash, so they did not take long to intervene.
In the middle of the procedure, a few seconds were enough to recognize the alleged cause of the accident when detecting alcoholic breath in the driver of the Corsa, a 30-year-old man residing in Fernández Oro. Indeed, the breathalyzer showed 2.12 grams of alcohol in blood. The 27-year-old woman who was driving the Bora tested negative.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
