Drunk driver causes accident near Güstrow and attacks police officers

A 40-year-old driver caused an accident near Güstrow (Rostock district) while drunk and then attacked police officers. The man's five-year-old daughter was slightly injured in the accident, police said.

On Saturday afternoon, the drunk driver and his daughter drove into oncoming traffic and crashed into a tractor. Both vehicles were towed. While the accident was being recorded, the 40-year-old insulted the police officers and pushed them several times. Only with reinforcements was the man taken to the ground and handcuffed. When the blood was taken it turned out that the man had a blood alcohol level of more than two per mille.

Cases were opened against him for, among other things, drunk driving, resisting police officers and insulting police officers. The damage is estimated at around 25,000 euros.