A police patrol in Mamer spotted a car with its hazard lights on near the slip road in Rue d’Arlon. A closer look at the car revealed that one of the front tyres and the rim were damaged.
While talking to the driver, the officers noticed a distinct smell of alcohol. A breathalyser test confirmed that the motorist was inebriated. The driving licence was provisionally withdrawn.
Shortly before 4am, the police pulled over a driver on Boulevard Prince Henri in Esch-sur-Alzette, after the latter had almost crashed into a police car. The driver was asked to take an alcohol and a drug test, both of which came back positive.
The motorist was brought to a hospital for additional urine and blood tests. Because the man had already lost his driving licence and his car was not properly insured, the vehicle was seized on the orders of the public prosecutor’s office.
A few hours earlier, the police in Esch-sur-Alzette had already pulled over a driver after she was caught driving recklessly on Boulevard Kennedy.
A driver was slightly injured in an accident between Schrondweiler and Stegen at around 3.30am. As the driver turned out to be inebriated, they had their driving licence provisionally withdrawn.
In Luxembourg City, a driver waiting at a red light abruptly reversed and crashed into a bus. The incident occurred in Rue de Hollerich at around 1.30am. Nobody was injured, but the driver lost their licence after it was discovered that they were inebriated.
