Drunk driver and passenger in Radom crash, dead 43-year-old found in back seat

Collision on Energetyków street

On Friday, 23 October, shortly before 19:00, a Ford ran into the rear of a Toyota that was stopped at traffic lights on Energetyków street in Radom. Justyna Jaśkiewicz, a spokesperson for the Radom city police, told TVP.Info that the call concerned a collision between two cars. Officers who reached the scene established that the Ford's 35-year-old driver had about 2.5 per mille of alcohol in his body, and that the passenger sitting beside him recorded a similar result. Police also found that a court had withdrawn the driver's licence and that he was wanted to serve a sentence.

A body on the back seat

During the search of the vehicle, officers noticed a third man on the back seat who at first appeared to be unconscious. He was 43, lived in Radom, and had already died. Police called in a prosecutor, who ordered an autopsy to help establish the cause of death. The driver and his passenger were detained and taken to police holding cells. Police said both men had sobered up by the time they could be questioned, and that they were waiting for the prosecutor's go-ahead to bring them in for questioning.

Autopsy points away from murder

Fakt, citing an unofficial source, reported that the autopsy had been carried out and ruled out homicide. The same source said the death was not caused by the collision. Establishing how the 43-year-old died, and whether the other men in the car had any link to it, requires extended testing, including checks for alcohol and drugs. Reports do not yet explain why the body was in the car.

Charges and open questions

Fakt reported that the 35-year-old driver was charged with driving while intoxicated, and that he admitted the offence and gave explanations when questioned at the prosecutor's office on Sunday, 25 October. An unnamed source told Fakt that, for now, the charges concern driving under the influence and driving without a licence, and that they could change once the extended tests are finished. Investigators are checking whether the man died before the collision or because of it, and the reports do not yet say which. The answers are expected from procedural steps that include the full autopsy results. Until those arrive, the cause of death remains open in every report.