According to the police, a truck driver with a blood alcohol level of 2.76 caused two accidents on Autobahn 73 in Upper Franconia. First of all, the man near Rödental (Coburg district) in the direction of Nuremberg switched to the left lane with his semitrailer and pressed a small van against the central safety barrier, the police said on Tuesday. The driver of the pickup truck was reportedly unharmed, but his car was severely damaged.
Later on Monday he grazed a concrete wall at a motorway construction site near Breitengüßbach (Bamberg district) and ran over several warning beacons. According to investigators, a tire burst and he had to stop. Traffic police finally took the heavily intoxicated truck driver into custody and carried out a breath alcohol test. According to the information, he had to spend the night in a drunk tank.