Erlangen (dpa / lby) – excitement after the Erlangen Bergkirchweih: A drunk driver crashed into a roadblock after the end of the folk festival. The 44-year-old injured himself, but was able to climb out of the wedged car over the tailgate, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. However, no one else was injured in the accident. At the time, visitors to the Bergkirchweih were still out and about in the city. Media had previously reported about it.

According to the police, security service employees opened the steel cable between the concrete barrier shortly after midnight on Tuesday to let an ambulance through. The drunk driver drove behind and then overlooked the closed rope. According to the investigators, a breath alcohol test showed the driver more than one per thousand.