Drunk driver hits car with two children

Mallorca: A drunk driver hits a car carrying two young children head-on in Palma, and an ambulance takes them and their mother to a private clinic for checks. The crash happens on Camí de Can Palou at about 21.15 on 3 October, Palma Local Police say. A call for help also reports smoke coming from one car’s engine.

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The woman is driving towards Pont d’Inca in her own lane when the other car comes straight towards her. Its 55-year-old driver is heading for Camí Vell de Sineu. He is driving on the left because he believes the road is one-way, police say. Neither driver has time to avoid the collision.

A breath test puts the man at 0.75 mg/l, three times the permitted level and above the threshold for a criminal offence. The woman tests negative. Police are investigating the man on suspicion of a road-safety offence but do not arrest him. They have sent the case papers to the duty court.

Mallorca drunk driver hits car carrying two children