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Witness Leads Police to Suspected 2‰ Driver After Schwabmünchen Hit-and-Run as Holiday DUI Stops Mount

Community reports enabled swift police action across the Augsburg/Allgäu region.

Overview

  • In Schwabmünchen, a 45-year-old allegedly struck a parked car at a petrol station and drove off before officers located him using a witness’s plate number and description.
  • A breath test for the Schwabmünchen driver registered over two per mille, followed by an ordered blood draw, a confiscated license, and probes for endangering traffic and leaving the scene.
  • Police reported property damage from the Schwabmünchen collision in the low four-figure euro range.
  • In Augsburg, officers stopped a 44-year-old on Donauwörther Straße on Dec. 24 for swerving and a 32-year-old on Paracelsusstraße days later, with both testing over two per mille, surrendering keys, undergoing blood draws, and facing criminal proceedings.
  • In Kempten, relatives alerted police to a man driving home from a family party with his wife and three children; his breath test measured about 1.4 per mille, and officers seized his license and reported him.