Drunk driver held after fatal collisions
A drunk driver has been detained after two people died and one person was injured in two accidents, police said on Monday.
Police in Songjiang District said they received reports about accidents on the Xinche Highway around 5:45am on Saturday.
In the first accident, near Beisong Highway, a man surnamed Zhang was riding an e-bike when he was knocked down and badly injured. In the second, near Nanle Road, an e-bike rider surnamed Liao was knocked down as well as a pedestrian, police said.
Liao died at the scene while Zhang later died in hospital. The pedestrian was not critically injured.
In both cases, the 26-year-old driver, a man surnamed Jin, failed to stop.
Police caught him when Jin’s vehicle crashed at the entrance to the Humin Elevated Road.
Police said Jin’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.