Car crash + alcohol (?) + blood sample

[Wossi]

Does anyone know what the legalities are regarding the police and taking a blood sample from the driver of a crashed car who is unconscious and may possibly have been drinking?

Someone I know had a car crash at the weekend and may have been drinking but was knocked unconscious. Obviously if he was conscious the police would want to breathalyse him, but we were talking at work this morning about whether they are allowed to take a blood sample or not to check while the patient is unconscious. Unless the hospital do it and inform the police, but then surely they would be breaking confidentiality.

 

[Wossi]

They can, and if he was drinking 'Idiot' he should know better he probably contributed or even created his own misfortune (not that its good anyone gets hurt), hope he's alright and everyone else if there were other people involved.

Nobody else was involved, he swerved to avoid a car and hit a wall. TBH, nobody that knows him here is that bothered if he's alright if he had been drinking.