A car ends up half submerged in a hotel pool in an accident in Torrevieja
A 19-year-old driver was tested positive for alcohol on Friday after he spectacularly crashed his vehicle into the pool of the Hotel Torrejoven in Torrevieja
The accident happened just after 8pm when, according to eyewitnesses, the all-terrain vehicle was travelling at high speed on Calle Arrecife in the Rocío del Mar neighbourhood, south of the municipality of Torrevieja.
After the driver misjudged a bend the 19-year-old Lithuanian crashed through a bordering wall, scattering a number of sun loungers, and half submerging the vehicle in the children’s pool,
Fortunately, the there were no guests using the three-star hotel pool at the time.
An ambulance arrived at the scene, but the young driver was unharmed and did not need medical assistance. Immediately afterwards, he was subjected to a breath test by the Torrevieja the local police who confirmed that his alcohol level was positive. The rate was 1.17 mg/l, according to sources, quadruple the limit permitted by traffic legislation (0.25 mg/l) and double the legal limit for driving (0.60 mg/l).
