/ 6 August 2007

Estonian police arrest blind man driving car

Police in the Baltic state of Estonia stopped a man who was driving erratically at the weekend, only to find he was blind.

The 20-year-old was driving in the southern city of Tartu early on Sunday — helped by instructions from his 16-year-old passenger.

”At first they thought he was just drunk, but the man kept missing the tube for the breath test, then they realised he was blind” and arrested him, Tartu Police spokesperson Marge Kohtla said on Monday. — Reuters