A driver of a road maintenance vehicle who had consumed alcohol overturned the car he was driving on the road Novi Pazar - Pliska, the press center of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Shumen reported.

A traffic accident was reported shortly after 9:00 a.m.

Police and emergency teams were dispatched to the scene.

They drained the fuel of a snowplow cleaning the Shipka pass

It was established that behind the wheel was a 51-year-old driver from the village of Sechishte, who entered the oncoming traffic lane, lost control of the vehicle and overturned in the fields.

He was not injured.

It was tested with a breathalyzer, which recorded 2.34 parts per million of alcohol. 

Colleagues of the driver said that when he went to work in the morning, he was not intoxicated.

There were empty 200 milliliter bottles of alcohol in the cabin of the machine. 

The man will be detained for up to 24 hours.

Rapid production was established.

The roads in the Shumen region have been treated and are passable in winter conditions, the duty officer in the Regional Road Administration told BTA. 

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