Drunk 60-year-old driver crashes into two cars in Zlín, Czechia

On Thursday afternoon, a 60-year-old man got behind the wheel with 2.54 per mille of alcohol in his blood and never made it home: according to Zlín police, he collided with two parked cars and a stone fence post. The damage is preliminarily estimated at almost 300,000 crowns.

Police spokeswoman Monika Kozumplíková said the man did not have far to go, but he was no longer fit to drive. On a bend he clipped one parked car but did not stop and drove into a second. He then crossed the pavement and smashed into a stone post of a private house's fence.

The owner of one of the damaged cars watched it all from his window. He ran outside, opened the driver's door, pulled the key out of the ignition so the man could not drive on, and called 158.

When officers arrived, they gave a breath test, which showed 2.54 per mille. According to Kozumplíková, police took the driver's licence on the spot and banned him from driving any further. For endangering safety under the influence of prohibited substances, he faces up to three years in prison.

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Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz