French motorist nabbed

A FRENCH  national was arrested after the car he was driving hit a  jeepney at the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge in  Lapu-Lapu City early morning yesterday.

Joel Robert Wolvre, 62, was  brought to the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, where he cursed at law enforcers and threw a fit.

Police said that when Wolvre was about to be detained, he began  slamming  tables and chairs at the police station.

Wolvre’s Toyota RAV-4 with plate number PIR-626 hit the rear  of a jeepney driven by Nicolas Decatura, 33.

Wolvre, who is temporarily living in barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu, was brought to the city hospital where he tested positive for alcohol use, said PO2 Romelo Adolfo, traffic investigator of the  Lapu-Lapu police.

Police said Wolvre will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property, drunkenness and malicious mischief./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA