Slightly injured

Drunk driver lost control and crashed into the bed of a stream

A traffic accident occurred on Tuesday evening in the Wolfsberg district. A 22-year-old crashed over a three-meter-high embankment. There was also an accident under the influence of alcohol in the district of St. Veit.

A 22-year-old man was driving his vehicle towards Rikiliweg in Wolfsberg at around 8.50 p.m. on Tuesday when he suddenly lost control. "He drove onto the verge and crashed over an approximately three-metre-high embankment into a streambed next to the road and came to rest on the roof of the vehicle," is how the police describe the course of the accident.

The 22-year-old was slightly injured - a preliminary alcohol test was positive and the young man ultimately refused to take a breathalyzer test. He was taken to Wolfsberg Regional Hospital by ambulance. 

Car crashed into a tree
A 31-year-old from the St. Veit district was also too drunk. The driver was driving towards Goggerwenig on Tuesday evening when he left the road due to the front wheels allegedly slipping off the road. "The car crashed into the ditch and hit a tree. The 31-year-old was injured to an indeterminate degree and was taken to Klagenfurt Hospital by the ambulance service," said the police department. A breathalyzer test was positive and the 31-year-old's license was temporarily confiscated.