Drunk drivers injured three young people and flee in Liezen!

Drunk drivers injured three young people and flee in Liezen!

A serious incident occurred on Saturday evening in the Liezen district, Styria: A drunk driver has hit three young people and then fled. The young people, two boys and a girl aged 12 to 15, were seriously injured by the collision. The incident occurred around 7:10 p.m. on the Lindenallee parish road, near Lindenallee 81. According to Kurier Seated and had to be medical care immediately.

Two of the injured young people were brought to the DKH Schladming with the ÖAMTC notarz helicopter C14 and the emergency services. While one of the boys only mentions a slight hand injury, the others suffered serious injuries. However, the police quickly researched the 33-year-old person who caused the accident. An alcohol test showed a significant alcoholization of the driver, so that he was taken away from the driver's license, and the Leoben public prosecutor will take care of the matter, as well as MeinDärzirk reported.

alcohol in adolescents - a serious topic

This incident is reminiscent of the results of various studies on the alcohol consumption of young people. According to an investigation by the Federal Institute for Roads (BAST), many young people have had experience with excessive alcohol consumption between the ages of 11 and 17, whereby 71 percent of the respondents have already been driven in public space. The situation is particularly dangerous when alcoholized young people actively take part in road traffic-male young people are affected twice as often and experience three times more dangerous situations than their female peers, as in the results Bast

In order to reduce the dangers of alcohol consumption and its effects on traffic safety, preventive measures and extensive traffic education are urgently necessary. The incident in Liezen looks like a wake -up call to strengthen measures to protect our children and adolescents and to prevent dangerous situations in road traffic.

In Styria, we are now more called to think about the risks of alcohol and the responsibility in road traffic.