Confused Driver

AND video game driverA young man of 22 caused mayhem, hitting other vehicles with his 4×4, as well as knocking a cyclist off his bike… because he thought that he was in a video game.

This traffic incident, where the driver also managed to collide with a bus, occurred on the 6th of February in Almería.

It was at 12.45h that Saturday morning that the police started to receive calls from alarmed pedestrians and drivers on a road near the Paseo Marítimo, reporting that a driver was driving erratically, into other cars.

A patrol car was sent to investigate and caught up with the driver near the mouth of Rio Andarax, which was when the man screeched to a halt, abandoned the car… and jumped into the sea.

Stunned but not daunted by what they had just seen, the police didn’t hesitate to jump in after him in order to arrest him.

There ensued a struggle in the water before they managed to drag him out and then take him to the hospital for a blood test (drugs).

He confessed to the police that he was emulating GrandTheftAuto5 and was trying to score points by hitting other cars and pedestrians.

He faces several counts of dangerous driving, resulting in personal injury to the cyclist and material damage to other vehicles.

(News: Metropolitan Area, Almeria)

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