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Swiss drink driver drives to police station…whilst drunk

A Swiss man caught drink driving without a licence seems set in his errant ways: When responding to a summons over the incident he drove to the police station, drunk.

Swiss drink driver drives to police station...whilst drunk
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Police in the central Swiss city of Lucerne pulled the 61-year-old man over last Sunday, discovering that he was drunk and had already lost his licence after previously driving under the influence.
   
But responding on Thursday to a police summons over the incident, he appeared unrepentant.
   
He drove to the station with a high level of alcohol in his blood, police said in a statement, adding that they had confiscated his vehicle.

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Six injured as car rams into crowd in Switzerland

Five children and a woman were injured on Sunday when a car accidentally rammed into people gathered for a target shooting festival in Switzerland, police said.

Six injured as car rams into crowd in Switzerland

A woman frantically looking for help for an injured child drove into the square in Menieres, in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg, on Sunday where a shooting festival was taking place.

The car slammed into a group of people, injuring a woman and five children, Fribourg police said.

Several ambulances transported the injured to surrounding hospitals after the accident, which happened shortly before 3:30pm.

“Initial information indicates that the driver entered the festival square transporting a child who had been injured during a private activity,” the police said.

“For a reason to be determined by an investigation, she accidentally hit and injured people on the square before coming to a halt.”

The driver, who was not injured, was taken to a police station for questioning.

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