Drunk driver fined for causing Palma accident

Banned from driving for two and a half years

The courts in Palma. | Alejandro Sepúlveda

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporterPalma28/05/2021 11:53

A Palma court has fined a man 1,620 euros for having caused a road accident when he was four times over the permitted alcohol limit.

He pleaded guilty to one offence of driving under the influence of alcohol and to four counts of reckless injury. In addition to the fine, he has been banned from driving for two and a half years; his licence has been withdrawn.

At around 6am on February 3, 2019, he was driving on the motorway to the airport. He didn't see the vehicle in front of him, a Peugeot, and crashed into the back of it. The four people inside the Peugeot all suffered whiplash that required medical treatment.

Guardia Civil officers reported that he was unsteady on his feet, smelt of alcohol and had slurred speech. He was given a breath test and gave a positive result of 1.04mg of alcohol per litre, four times over the limit. He was unable to perform a second test due to the state he was in.

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Colin Allcars | over 3 years ago

Bearing in mind that this man was indifferent to the fact that he could’ve killed many people while driving in such a state, this sentence doesn’t seem to be much of a punishment or deterrent. Also, shouldn’t he be pictured, named and publicly shamed for the danger that he put others in?

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