Other drivers alerted the police after having to flee from the speeding TIR. The truck struck the crash barriers separating the two motorway lanes several times.
The Volvo truck driver was stopped near Legnica. He was completely drunk, with almost 2.4 parts per thousand of alcohol in his blood. The man did not even remember how he had ended up in the vehicle’s cab and did not know where he was.
The Ukrainian man was detained and placed in police custody. He will probably be charged with creating a direct danger of a disaster in land traffic, an offence punishable by up to 8 years in prison.
KMP Legnica/ii