The Guardia Civil has arrested a man who had drunkly driven 68 kilometers in the opposite direction on two motorways in the province of Soria. The pilot covered this distance, ignoring the instructions of the agents who wanted to intercept him and even trying to ram them, so they had to jump into the ditch to avoid being run over. The driver initially drove on the A-15 motorway. There he encountered the first patrol. He then drove in the direction of the A-62 motorway. The officers involved in his arrest had to remove him through the window.
This episode of reckless driving was recorded on August 20 at around 1:45 a.m. Saturday through Sunday, the Civil Guard said in a statement on Thursday. The first report came when it was discovered that the Zaragoza man, whose age was not given by the authorities, was traveling in the opposite direction on the A-15 motorway, which runs north-south through the province of Soria It empties into the A-2, the road between Madrid and the Basque Country. Agents from the Civil Guard traffic team tried to stop him for the first time and he responded by “attacking them and forcing them to jump into the ditch to avoid being run over”. The driver continued his journey towards the A-2 highway, the same sources report.
The agents communicated with each other to establish a link between the patrols mobilized from the province that night and finally stopped the vehicle at km 135 of the A-2 motorway, near Alcolea del Pinar, where the detainee had tried flee.
When they finally managed to stop the car after 68 kilometers of reckless driving, they had to smash the vehicle’s windows because the driver refused to open the doors and identify himself. The officers had to get him out of the passenger compartment through the window, arrest him and take him to the Civil Guard post in Arcos de Jalón, south of Soria.
The detainee did not cause an accident or other problems on the road. The alcohol test showed a result of 0.62 milligrams of alcohol per liter of breath, while the legal limit for drivers in general remains 0.25 milligrams.
The arrested man faces road safety offenses “for manifestly reckless driving” that seriously endangered the life or safety of people, for which he faces a prison sentence of between six months and two years and a card withdrawal of between one and six years. He is also under investigation for drunk driving, assaulting police officers he tried to ram and serious disobedience to authorities. The Instructional Court 1 of Almazán has taken over the case.
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This kamikaze incident follows an incident committed just days ago by another 62-year-old man who also managed to drive 70 kilometers in the opposite direction on the Andalusian A-92 motorway. This driver, who tripled the alcohol limit allowed at the wheel, drove between the provinces of Granada and Almería and also ignored the tips of the agents.