Criminal suspicions | The rapid drug test for the driver of the passenger car was positive while chasing after Juua

A passenger car the driver’s rapid drug test was positive while chasing after Juua, says the Eastern Finland police. The driver of the electric scooter, born in 1961, was seriously injured in the accident. The accident happened in North Karelia in Juua on highway 6 on Saturday in the early evening. The emergency center was called by a bystander on the road.

According to preliminary information, the driver of the car drove behind the electric scooter without lights at a speed of about 80 kilometers per hour.

“This is what the chaser said,” says the inspector Jyrki Koskinen From the Eastern Finland Police to STT.

Based on the police investigation, both vehicles traveled 25 meters after the collision before hitting the snow bank, and in the snow they continued for more than 20 meters before stopping.

The scooter was a three-wheeled and unregistered electric vehicle traveling at a maximum speed of 25 kilometers per hour. The police have not yet been able to talk to the driver of the scooter.

Police specified on Sunday that instead of a moped, the other vehicle was a three-wheeled electric scooter.

The driver of the passenger car was not injured in the accident, the North Karelia rescue service said on Saturday.

Koskinen says that the result of the rapid drug test is indicative. The driver of the passenger car has also had a blood test, and the results will be available in a few weeks.

The driver of the passenger car was arrested on suspicion of aggravated drunk driving and aggravated endangering traffic safety. In addition, he is suspected of theft of the use of a motor vehicle, driving a vehicle without a license and the crime of using a narcotic substance.

The story was updated on January 1, 2023 at 4:38 p.m.: Added, among other things, the police’s clarification on Sunday that instead of a moped, the other vehicle was a three-wheeled electric scooter.

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