Thuringia: Father drives to daycare with 2.5 per mille

St. Gangloff (dpa/th) - With a blood alcohol content of 2.5 and under the influence of drugs, a father got behind the wheel to pick up his daughter from daycare. The police stopped the "absolutely unfit to drive" man east of Jena. She checked the 35-year-old on Tuesday afternoon in St. Gangloff (Saale-Holzland district). The breath alcohol test showed 2.5 per mille, and the man had also consumed narcotics, it was said. The 35-year-old did not have a driver's license. Since the girl's mother was also drunk, the youth welfare office was called in. It took care of the child. The police did not say where the mother was at the time of the check.