Bagnaia, involved in an accident with a positive breathalyzer

The short holiday getaway to Ibiza from Pecco Bagnaia, fourth place in the MotoGP World Championship, was cut short due to a car accident that, as reported by ‘El Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera’, he suffered early Tuesday morning, around 3:00 am, on the road of Ses National Park Salines, at the exit of the only roundabout and ending in the canal. It didn’t have physical consequences, but it could have penalties for drinking more.

At the scene of the accident, where no other vehicle was involved and it was not fast, the Civil Guard and Local Police of Sant Josep appeared and then conducted a breathalyzer test on the MotoGP rider, who was driving the car high. finally, He tested positive at a rate of 0.87 mg/l, when throughout Western Europe the limit was 0.25 mg/l in expired air or 0.5 g/l of blood alcohol.

Driving with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit can be punished with an administrative offense or treated as a criminal offense. In his case, it was a criminal offense because he was in the range of an alcohol level in the exhale air of more than 0.60 mg/l.

“When a driver has consumed alcohol or observed symptoms, the Criminal Code includes this presumption as a type of criminal and specifically article 379 punishes“ driving a motor vehicle or a moped under influence of toxic drugs, narcotics, psychotropic substances or alcoholic beverages with sentences of imprisonment of 3 to 6 months or a fine of 6 to 12 months or with employment for the benefit of the community of 31 to 90 days and in any case deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for more than one and up to four years “says the code.

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Through his social networks, the Turin pilot, who recognized the facts, apologized: “I’m sorry what happened: I’m almost a teetotaler and it’s a mistake I shouldn’t have made. I’m sorry and I assure you that I have learned a lesson.Never give up if you have been drunk.

Pecco also took the opportunity to give his version of the accident: “Last night I was in Ibiza with my friends at a party this break without MotoGP races. We celebrated my victory in Assen together. On leaving the club, about 3, at a roundabout, went I was on a two -wheeled headlight in a ditch. without involving another vehicle or person. The breathalyser control carried out by the Police determined that I drank more than allowed by Spanish Law “.