The incident took place on Monday, 26 July, in Wykroty. (We reported on it in the article Accident in Wykroty. Drunk driver thrown through a window, two people injured). “The intoxicated 29-year-old lost control of his passenger car on a wet road and left the road, hitting a fence. On the front passenger seat, the driver was carrying his 5-year-old son without a child seat and without a fastened seat belt. Fortunately, the child was not injured in the incident, while the intoxicated father, who suffered a spinal injury, was taken to hospital,” reports junior warrant officer Aleksandra Pieprzycka of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wrocław. “The police have already confiscated the driver's licence.”
The 29-year-old driver faces, among other things, up to two years in prison. Spokeswoman:
The police are also taking action under Article 160 of the Penal Code, which concerns exposing a child to the danger of loss of life or health; this is punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment.
And she adds:
The Family Court will also be notified of the situation.