Twice the Legal Limit

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RIGA (Reuters) - A drunk Latvian had a blood-alcohol content more than 17 times the legal driving limit in the Baltic state when he was run over and killed, police said Tuesday.

The 50-year-old unnamed pedestrian, who also had more than twice the alcohol level considered lethal for most humans, was lying drunk on the road near his home in a remote part of eastern Latvia in the early hours.

Police said the man had probably been drinking home-made alcohol for several days because of the impossibility of reaching his blood-alcohol level of 0.9 percent in just a day.

They said the man was alive when he was run over by a car, creating a probable although unenviable record for alcohol consumption in hard-drinking Latvia.

"The cause of death has been marked down as a road accident, although the alcohol level would most likely have killed him anyway," said state police spokeswoman Kristine Mezaraupe.

Latvia, an ex-Soviet state which is still one of the poorest in the

European Union, has a problem with heavy drinking, especially among men who have an average life expectancy of 66 years compared with 77 years for women.

[Guest]

Whooa, that does give a new meaning to "heavy drinking".....!!!!!!!!!

[Bababoosky 24]

thats twice the LETHAL limit, not legal

[Guest VFDJrSqd02]

where did u get this article from??

[Skooter92 7]

Dammit.

Somebody squashed a perfectly good pickle.

Bastards.

[JBE 328]

.94?? DAYUM!!!! Yeah that's def twice the lethal limit. I was about to say, there probably aren't too many of us who have never been twice the legal limit. Except for anyone under 21 that is.

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The article is from reuters