Bel-Etang Accident: Driver of the Van Tested Positive for Alcohol

il y a 11 années, 5 mois - 12 Juin 2013, lexpress.mu
Bel-Etang Accident: Driver of the Van Tested Positive for Alcohol
A serious accident involving a van and a car this Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Bel-Etang, Flacq, four dead and five injured. According to police, the driver of the truck was tested positive for alcohol.

He had more than 30 micrograms of alcohol in the breath when breath test, while the limit is 23 micrograms. This was revealed on the breathalyzer of Beejansing Beeharry done after the Bel-Etang accident which killed four people this Tuesday, June 11 After questioning, he was brought before the Court of Flacq for dangerous driving. The driver is still in police custody.

Police of Montagne Blanche said, the driver of the van, Beejansing Beeharry traveling at breakneck speed. He did not see the car parked and hit hard.

According to police, the car accident  broke down in the middle of the night. The seven occupants spent the night in the vehicle. But it's the wee hours of the morning drama unfolded.

Among the dead a couple and a child there are. This is Nicole Boot, his son Dylan 11, and her companion Michael Philip. They had moved to Sebastopol for six months.

The five wounded in the accident were rushed to hospital Flacq. Four of them have already returned home, but Paul Colette, one of the survivors is still hospitalized. His condition is not considered serious.