Drunk driver detained in Jēkabpils for carrying a person on the roof of a BMW

Police in Jēkabpils, a city in Latvia, detained an intoxicated driver overnight. The man had been driving a BMW with a person riding on the roof of the vehicle. The detention was reported by the State Police, Latvia's main law enforcement body responsible for public order and road safety.

The announcement states only that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and that a person was being carried on the car's roof. The source gives no further details: the driver's identity, his level of intoxication, the condition of the person on the roof, and whether anyone was injured are not specified. It is also not yet known what consequences the detained driver faces.

Driving while intoxicated and carrying people on the outside of a vehicle are serious traffic safety violations, as they endanger the passenger and other road users.