He crashed into a crowd at a carnival event in Belgium, killing six people. Now it is clear: The driver had alcohol in his blood. The victims will be commemorated on Tuesday.
The driver of the car that crashed into a crowd in Belgium was drunk. According to the investigators, the alcohol level was just above the legal limit, as the Belga news agency reported late Monday evening. In Belgium, as in Germany, this is 0.5 per thousand. It was not immediately known whether other drugs were involved.
His car crashed into a crowd at a carnival event in Strépy-Bracquegnies on Sunday. Six people died, ten were still in critical condition on Monday. The exact cause of the incident was still unclear on Monday. A spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office had already said on Sunday morning that there was no evidence of a terrorist background.
Detention ends tomorrow
According to Belga, the man is said to have described himself as a speeder on the Internet. In addition, his driver’s license had been revoked in the past, but he had passed all the necessary tests to regain it. The pre-trial detention of the driver and passenger ends tomorrow morning. Until then, a decision must be made on an arrest warrant. According to the information, a murder is currently being determined, but this could change.
In the center of Strépy-Bracquegnies, balloons are supposed to rise into the sky in the early evening. Then the three-day carnival celebrations should have ended in the place
Investigators also hoped to gain insights from examining the car, in particular why the car drove into the crowd without braking. It is about the question of whether a technology to prevent collisions has been deactivated, as an investigator said according to Belga on television.
