Police stop drunk couple fleeing with three children
Monday 10th August 2026 on 15:45 in
Austria
Police stopped a couple who fled a traffic check with their three children in the car in Salzburg’s Pinzgau region on Sunday, ORF reported.
The driver ignored officers’ signals to stop in Lend. Police halted the car more than 12 kilometres away in Dienten. By then, the 36-year-old man was sitting in the passenger seat, while his 34-year-old partner had taken over at the wheel.
According to police, the couple probably changed seats in a car park during the escape. An alcohol test showed more than two per mille for the man from Taxenbach and more than 1.6 per mille for his partner.
The couple’s children, aged two, six and 11, were sitting in the back seat. Police confiscated both parents’ driving licences and reported them.