Driver caught with 2.75 per mille alcohol in Smiltene area; 41 road crashes in Vidzeme over three days
The State Police Vidzeme regional department reports 41 road accidents and 260 incidents between 9 and 11 October. In Silva, Smiltene municipality, a driver was caught with 2.75 per mille of alcohol.
The Vidzeme regional department of the State Police in Latvia has summarised its activity for 9–11 October. It received reports of 260 incidents in which residents asked for help or signs of possible offences were found. In those days 41 road accidents were registered in the Vidzeme region, and in five of them seven people in total were injured.
Drunk driver in Silva
On 10 October at about 10:03, police in Silva, in Launkalne parish of Smiltene municipality, stopped a man driving an Opel on the P27 Smiltene–Gulbene road under the influence of alcohol. The minimum alcohol concentration in his exhaled air was 2.75 per mille. A criminal case has been opened. This was the only driver found drunk at the wheel during the period.
Road accidents
In traffic supervision, police issued 250 decisions on administrative violations, including 158 for speeding and one for aggressive driving.
On 11 October at about 15:45, in Matīši parish of Valmiera municipality, on the P16 Valmiera–Matīši–Mazsalaca road at the 28th kilometre, the driver of a BMW did not keep a safe distance from a John Deere tractor with a trailer ahead, and a collision followed. Three people were injured and taken to a medical facility.
The same day at about 15:20, in Skulte parish of Limbaži municipality, a man parked a VW Crafter van without making sure it could not move. The vehicle rolled backwards into a ditch and pinned a man who was behind it. He received medical help at the scene and declined hospitalisation.
Theft in Valmiera
On 11 October between 17:00 and 17:40, cash and a bank card were stolen from a woman's kitchen windowsill at a property in Valmiera. The damage amounts to 194 euros. Two people were detained and a criminal case has been opened.
