Drunk priest blames communion wine for crashing into five parked cars

A priest in Spain, who tested positive for drunk driving, crashed into several parked cars and told police it must have been due to the communion wine he had drunk during a private Eucharist shortly beforehand. The breathalyser test registered that he was double the permitted alcohol limit when the accident happened.

The accident happened last Saturday at around 10.30am in Valencia, and the police report states that the priest was driving in a reckless manner, hit one parked car, and then clipped others before crashing into another beside the door to an underground garage. Apparently, he was very upset when he got out of his Audi and realised that he had caused so much damage to a total of five vehicles.

However, witnesses told the Local Police that the priest had been driving at more than 80 kilometres an hour and was talking on his mobile phone when the collision occurred. At the time, several vehicles were waiting at a red traffic light at a junction which, according to them, the priest had swerved to avoid hitting, which was when he crashed into the other cars which were parked.

In a conflicting statement, the priest told police that he swerved to avoid hitting the car in front when its driver slammed the brakes on when he realising that the traffic light was red and that he must have failed the breathalyser test because he had drunk some communion wine a short time beforehand. He is also said to have been in a rush to get to his church because he was late for Mass.

Before the police arrived on the scene, he is also said to have become involved in an argument with a passer-by who had reprimanded him in no uncertain terms for the damage he had caused to the parked cars.

A police investigation into the incident is currently underway.