Caught at 185 kph: drunk driver with fake license held in pretrial detention
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Prosecutors in Chile’s Eastern Metropolitan region formally charged four people after allegedly catching them speeding on the Costanera Norte highway in Vitacura.
- One driver allegedly drove a Mercedes-Benz at 185 kilometers per hour while intoxicated and carrying a false license.
- A court ordered that driver to remain in pretrial detention.
A driver allegedly traveling at 185 kilometers per hour in a Mercedes-Benz has been placed in pretrial detention after prosecutors said he was drunk and carrying a fake license.
The case emerged after four people were formally charged by the Eastern Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office following incidents of excessive speed on the Costanera Norte highway in Vitacura, in Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region.
The driver’s alleged combination of intoxication, extreme speed and a false license led to the detention order. The available details do not provide further information about the charges against the other three people.
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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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