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75-year-old with 2.06 per mille destroys three cars in Leipzig-Holzhausen!
An alcoholic 75-year-old caused an accident in Leipzig-Holzhausen with damage worth over 10,000 euros. Investigations are ongoing.
75-year-old with 2.06 per mille destroys three cars in Leipzig-Holzhausen!
Yesterday evening, September 12, 2025, there was a significant accident in Leipzig-Holzhausen, which was caused by the danger to road traffic as a result of drunk driving. Loud LVZ A 75-year-old driver was driving east on Stötteritzer Landstrasse when he first hit a parked Ford and shortly afterwards a parked Opel at around 6:30 p.m.
After the collision, the driver was caught by the arriving police officers not far from the scene of the accident. A breath alcohol test showed an alarming 2.06 per mille, whereupon a blood sample was taken and his driver's license was confiscated. The damage to the vehicles involved amounts to over 10,000 euros. The elderly gentleman is being investigated for endangering road traffic.
Further incidents in Leipzig
This accident is not the first incident in Leipzig in which drunk driving leads to an accident. Another case also occurred in the city when a 59-year-old Italian driver hit a motorcyclist while pulling out of a parking space on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. The motorcyclist, who was traveling towards the city center, was slightly injured. While investigating the accident, the officers smelled alcohol from the driver and a breath alcohol test showed 0.44 per mille. Here, too, a blood sample was taken and the driver's license was provisionally confiscated while the police began investigations into endangering road traffic View reported.
The repeated incidents of drunk driving highlight the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol. Road safety remains a pressing issue in urban areas where lives are at stake.