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Bus driver's blood alcohol level 20 times the legal limit
Driver on his way to pick up factory workers in Yeruham was drunk driving, hitting a parked vehicle and a fence and then kept going.
Police arrested on Friday a 46-years-old bus driver from Yeruham whose blood alcohol level was 20 times the legal limit.
A resident of Yeruham called the police's call center at around at around 10:20pm Friday night to report on a driver who was speeding and driving erratically. He hit a parked vehicle and a fence and then kept going despite pleas by passersby that he stopped. No one was hurt.
The woman said the driver appeared drunk and unaware of his surroundings.
Egged Transport
A police patrol that was called to the scene located the driver, who was on his way to pick up factory workers in the area.
He was taken for questioning, where the level of alcohol in his blood was found to be 1070 micrograms—20 times the legal limit, which is up to 50 micrograms for commercial and bus drivers.
The driver claimed he did not drink a lot and asserted the test was faulty.
The CEO of Egged Transport, Eyal Yahiel, said in response, "We consider this a very grave incident. We'll await the results of the police investigation. The driver was summoned for a hearing and his work will be terminated pending the hearing. We're very strict about the issue of safety and following the law."
