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The driver of the red Volkswagen Passat could not cope with the drunk driver. He failed to cross the river over the bridge due to objective but unjustifiable reasons, the car drove through the railings of the bridge and fell from a height of several meters.
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According to a witness to what happened at the Degpunkta show, Ēriks, who lives nearby, he immediately hurried to the scene and shouted if everything was in order with the passengers of the car that fell into the river. Then he saw that the passenger was getting out of the car and the driver was going to leave the car sinking in the mud, and realized that this time he had done without tragedy.
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PHOTO: Screenshot of the Spotlight scene
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Although the weather is nowhere near summer and the water in Latvian rivers ranges from 6 to 9 degrees, instead of rushing to help his companion or at least throwing himself ashore, the passenger was busy rescuing beer and cigarettes.
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It is not known to what extent it succeeded, but one is known – when medics and police arrived at the scene, both drivers had managed to escape and hide. According to Dace Kalniņa, a senior specialist of the Zemgale Regional Office of the State Police, the law enforcement officers quickly managed to find the leader and 2.29 per mille were found in his breath.
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PHOTO: Screenshot of the Spotlight scene
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Later, it turned out that the men had been drinking alcohol in the morning, and a couple of hours before falling into the river, another car, including the VW Passat, was smashed. Realizing that it was not usable, the man was behind the wheel of the other car. According to the witnesses, they and their companion measured the road to Vecumnieki several times and there was a woman and children in the car at the same time.
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Three administrative proceedings have been initiated against the drink driver: for drunk driving, for leaving the accident site and for unreasonable entry into the opposite direction lane.
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