The party of deceased Austrian far-right populist politician Jörg Haider has confirmed that he was drunk when he took his last drive. Austrian prosecutors have remained silent on the issue, but Jörg Haider's political party confirmed Wednesday that the far-right populist politician was driving drunk prior to his deadly crash in Klagenfurt last weekend. Click on a picture to launch the image gallery (14 Photos) Stefan Petzner, who replaced Haider this week as the new head of the Alliance for Austria's Future (BZÖ) party said an autopsy had determined that Haider's blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. "It is true that Governor Jörg Haider was intoxicated at the time of the accident," Petzner said. "I can and must confirm that." Just prior to Petzner's statement, the Austrian weekly News reported on its Web site that the coroner concluded Haider had been drunk behind the wheel. The politician had been "very drunk and incapable of driving."
The party of deceased Austrian far-right populist politician Jörg Haider has confirmed that he was drunk when he took his last drive.
Austrian prosecutors have remained silent on the issue, but Jörg Haider's political party confirmed Wednesday that the far-right populist politician was driving drunk prior to his deadly crash in Klagenfurt last weekend.
Click on a picture to launch the image gallery (14 Photos)
Stefan Petzner, who replaced Haider this week as the new head of the Alliance for Austria's Future (BZÖ) party said an autopsy had determined that Haider's blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. "It is true that Governor Jörg Haider was intoxicated at the time of the accident," Petzner said. "I can and must confirm that."
Just prior to Petzner's statement, the Austrian weekly News reported on its Web site that the coroner concluded Haider had been drunk behind the wheel. The politician had been "very drunk and incapable of driving."
Jörg Haider's political party confirmed
Wonder if that will shut up the paranoid who think he was assassinated. Probably not... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Now everyone is curious how the burial will go. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Forensic experts have determined that at the time of the accident, Haider's blood alcohol level was 1.8 pro mille (1.8 milligrams per milliliter of blood, or 0.18 per cent) almost four times the legal limit of 0.5 pro mille.
So it is drive or drink. Nobody is exempt!
