Baden-Württemberg: drunk causes accident: car with family overturns

Rastatt (dpa / lsw) - In a collision with the car of a drunk 35-year-old on the A5 towards Karlsruhe near Rastatt, the car of a family of four rolled over several times.

Baden-Württemberg: drunk causes accident: car with family overturns

Rastatt (dpa / lsw) - In a collision with the car of a drunk 35-year-old on the A5 towards Karlsruhe near Rastatt, the car of a family of four rolled over several times. The family with two children was slightly injured, the police said on Sunday morning.

The 35-year-old driver left his lane on Saturday evening, probably due to excessive speed, and collided with the family car. The force of the impact sent the vehicle off the roadway, slammed into an embankment and rolled over several times. During the recording of the accident, the police officers found the 35-year-old to have a breath alcohol test of 2.4 per mille. The property damage is 30,000 euros. The A5 had to be completely closed for two and a half hours.