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alcaufar_to_sant_lluis_road_menorca_via_streetview.jpgBritish cyclist killed by American drunk driver in Menorca
A 47-year-old British cyclist has lost his life after being hit from behind by a driver in Menorca on Easter Sunday. According to Mallorca Confidencial, the motorist failed a blood alcohol test.
The incident occurred at around 11am on the road between Alcaufar, on Menorca's east coast, and Sant Lluis, a little way inland.
Paramedics were unable to save the life of the man and he died at the scene. The driver was arrested and is now being held in police custody.
It was initially reported that the driver was also a Briton, but it has since been revealed that he is a 25-year-old American. His reading of 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath is the current legal limit in England and Wales but in Spain the standard limit is 25.
The cyclist, who has been identified as Phillip Rasmussen, is said to have been quite well known in the area, where he had a holiday home. The driver has not yet been named.
A spokeswoman from the Foreign Office, said: “We have offered bereavement advice to the family following the death of a British man in Menorca.”
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In the UK at least I believe it's blood, as breath isn't an accurate measure, you could get a false reading from recently using mouthwash etc, so the breath test is used to require a subsequent blood test.
For the readers information, the legal limit in USA and Canada is mostly 80mg*/100ml.
*Note that the limits are in mg / 100 ml where mg is milligrams not micrograms μg
Blood or breath?
By definition of it being stated as milligrams/100ml it can only be blood.
Wonder what his blood alcohol was at the scene, certainly well above the reading that a blood test would show which could have being over an hour and more later.
As it happens UK police don't prosecute if you are
RIP fellah, hope your family get justice.
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A tragedy.
As of now you are still showing that this was a British driver when in fact I was an American. A side note, and you have corrected in another article, but might be worth amending your main piece.