Friday, February 15, 2008

Bosnian driver so drunk he should have been dead

A Bosnian driver was so drunk that he should have been dead when arrested with a blood alcohol level 20 times the legal limit, police said yesterday.

"I was shocked with the alcohol test results. Most people would slip into a deep coma and die with concentration of 0.4 percent," police officer Damir Cutura said.

After being warned by other drivers on Tuesday of a car zigzagging across lanes, police drove out and arrested Branko Milicevic near the southern town of Citluk.

Police were shocked to see test results showing the man's blood alcohol concentration level was 0.6 percent. The legal limit in Bosnia is 0.03 percent.

"I required that the alcohol breath-testing device be checked, but only to discover that it worked properly," Cutura said.

The driver has been released pending trial.

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