Car hits pedestrian too intoxicated for a breath test

A pedestrian was injured after being hit by a car in Lenzing on Tuesday evening, ORF reported. Police said the 45-year-old man appeared heavily intoxicated and had been trying to stop passing vehicles.

Several drivers alerted police at about 9 p.m. after seeing the man on the Atterseestraße. While officers were on their way, police received a further report that a car had hit him.

The man, a Syrian national, suffered injuries of unspecified severity and was taken to hospital after receiving first aid. Police said his intoxication was too severe for a breath test. The 36-year-old driver, from the Vöcklabruck district, was uninjured.