Police are looking into a boat crash involving former formula one driver JJ Lehto.<\/p>\n
It emerged at the weekend that the 44-year-old Finn, who drove for teams including Sauber and Benetton until 1994 and is now a commentator, swam ashore after the six-metre boat struck a bridge pillar at 4am last Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Lehto sustained head injuries and broken ribs, but the other occupant of the boat did not survive.<\/p>\n
According to a report in Finland’s Turun Sanomat, Lehto failed an alcohol breath test, and police suspect he might be guilty of other offences, including speeding in the narrow channel.<\/p>\n
Locals said the boat belonged to Lehto, and an eyewitness who initially treated the veteran of 70 grands prix said he thought the Finn was drunk.<\/p>\n
A police superintendent is quoted as saying Lehto might be charged with safety offences, including culpability for the death of his friend.<\/p>\n
“Some kind of offense is suspected, but I am not taking a position until it becomes clearer who did what,” officer Juha-Pekka Vuorinen, who said Lehto had undergone surgery, is quoted by Ilta-Sanomat.<\/p>\n
And Vuorinen is quoted by HBL: “We cannot interview someone who is still strongly medicated.\u00a0 The doctors say he could be discharged (from hospital) in a week and then we will hear from him as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n
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