Drunk Russian Tank Driver

An allegedly drunk tank driver hits a house and a shop in a village in Russia’s Urals region. Locals say the soldier who was wearing military clothes, swayed slightly as he clambered into the tank and was clutching two bottles of vodka. For more news and videos visit ☛ Follow us on Twitter ☛ Add us on Facebook ☛ STORY: This is not your ordinary military exercise. In fact when this tank rolled through an isolated village, it crashed straight into a house. A mobile phone video camera captured a seemingly drunk soldier climb into the tank clutching two bottles of vodka. [Yelena Kulakova, Village Shop Owner]: “He [tank driver] bought two bottles of vodka and he was already drunk when he came into the shop. Then he went to his vehicle and started reversing.“ Oleg Petrov, the owner of the destroyed house and an ex-army serviceman himself, was on the verge of crying. [Oleg Petrov, House Owner]: “A drunk tank driver destroyed my house. When I served in the army I was waiting for them to provide me with a house. But they didn’t. In the end I resigned and built my own house. But they destroyed it now.“ The soldier had apparently made a detour en route to a military exercise to buy snacks and vodka. But the Russian army say he was by no means drunk. [Konstantin Lazutkin, Volga-Urals Military District]: “The driver was absolutely sober, because he was going to military exercises.“ Locals claim the carrier was being used to collect alcohol from a local shop. Perhaps the soldier will think twice before going shopping with a tank again.