The Public Security Police (PSP) busted a drunk-driving (DUI) case in which five people were injured early yesterday morning and the female driver and her husband, who allegedly attempted to shield her, were arrested.
Five people were injured by the car accident, all of whom are local residents aged between 26 and 64.
Among the five that were injured, one refused to be taken to hospital, and the remainder were rushed either to the private Kiang Wu Hospital or the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre with slight injuries, although a 38-year-old female motorcyclist sustained a right ankle laceration and suspected fracture.
The female driver is in her thirties, while her husband is in his forties.
According to the Public Security Police, the woman was driving against the flow of traffic on Avenida da Amizade (友誼大馬路) early yesterday morning, and collided with three motorcycles but continued to drive until she crashed into a taxi.
PSP officers went to the scene to investigate, during which the woman’s husband rushed to the scene by taxi and attempted to shield his wife from any blame.
PSP officers found that the woman’s breathalyser tests showed an alcohol concentration of 1.51 grams of alcohol per litre of blood, which is a drunk-driving concentration.
The duo have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), with the woman facing charges of drunk-driving, dangerous driving, evading responsibility and causing harm by negligence, while her husband faces a charge of aiding and abetting the perpetrator of an offence.
A crashed white car being towed yesterday on Avenida da Amizade (友誼大馬路). – Photo courtesy of TDM
