A drunk minibus transported passengers in Gomel

June 16, Gomel. In Gomel, traffic police officers detained a drunk driver of a minibus, BelTA was told by the propaganda and propaganda department of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee.

State traffic inspectors discovered gross traffic violations during the raid. On the street International stopped a minibus with passengers. When communicating with the driver, traffic police officers noticed the strong smell of alcohol from the passenger compartment and invited the man to go into the official vehicle, where he admitted that he had drunk alcohol the night before . “The driver turned out to be a 48-year-old Gomel resident. According to the results of the examination, the concentration of absolute ethyl alcohol in his blood was 0.98 ppm. When asked how he received permission to drive a vehicle before going to work, the man admitted that he was examined before leaving instead his acquaintance and received permission for him,” said the State Traffic Inspectorate.

An administrative protocol was drawn up against the drunk driver, and the minibus was placed in a guarded parking lot. An administrative protocol has also been drawn up in relation to the person responsible for allowing the driver to drive a car.

Traffic police officers removed the drunk driver from driving the minibus and thereby prevented a possible tragedy.

The regional State Traffic Inspectorate recalled that until June 18, a set of preventive measures are being carried out on the region’s roads aimed at preventing accidents and traffic violations involving vehicles involved in the transportation of passengers in regular and irregular traffic.

Eyewitnesses of the fact of driving a car by a drunk driver can report this to the nearest police department or by calling 102.