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In the serious accident, the 15-year-old girlfriend in the front passenger seat and the 20-year-old best friend who was sitting in the back seat were killed. The 19-year-old driver had 0.96 per thousand alcohol in his blood.
Not only did the mothers of the dead attend the trial on Wednesday, but many former friends were also in the courtroom. The defendant has already written letters to relatives that the mother of the 15-year-old wants to meet with him, he said he has not yet received a response from the other family. “There is no excuse for what has happened so far,” he told them in a barely audible voice at the beginning of the negotiation. It wasn’t the first time he’d gotten behind the wheel that April day after drinking too much. Therefore, your test driving license has already been extended.
On April 18, he picked up his new girlfriend in the afternoon and introduced her to her parents. He then wanted to introduce her to his friends, which is why the young couple went to a private party. They drank too much, so no one could drive anymore, he said looking back. Still, she got in the car in the early hours of the next day to drive her girlfriend and best friend home. “I turned the ignition key,” the next thing she remembers is her head hitting the airbag, she said.
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Traveling at 125 km / h
What had happened in the intervening minutes, the judge reconstructed on the basis of expert opinions. The then 19-year-old reacted too late on a slight left turn on a wet road and therefore threw the wheel. By then he had already left the right lane with the car, skidded, the car turned and crashed into a tree at 70 km / h.
The girl in the passenger seat did not survive the impact, and neither did the 20-year-old. This had already been catapulted out of the car, according to the expert, it is very likely that it was not fastened. The expert’s conclusion: if the driver had kept to 100 km / h as prescribed, the car would not have hit the tree. The young man, who was in the hospital for three days, was traveling at 125 km / h.
“Don’t drink another drop”
When the judge asked him why he was driving drunk, according to the blood test, it was 0.96 per thousand, he said he probably still felt fit to drive. But the excessive consumption of alcohol in the defendant not only leads to a “self-evaluation”. He’s also getting aggressive, he admitted. Therefore, in Steyr, the personal injury charge was also negotiated by the Linz prosecutor. On December 25, 2019, he had an argument with two girls in front of a nightclub, after which he hit.
Meanwhile, “he does not drink a single drop,” said the automotive technology apprentice who will have his final exam next week. It is also being treated. He is not only doing trauma therapy for the accident, but also for his drinking and associated aggressiveness.
The judge then also valued this refined behavior as mitigating the judgment of a partial detention. However, he stressed that the four-month prison was absolutely necessary in addition to the twelve months to “dissuade everyone from getting behind the wheel while intoxicated.” It also recognized the benefit for pain to the parents (15,000 euros per parent) and siblings (8,000 euros) of the deceased. The defendant was also instructed to continue his therapy and to see a doctor for a blood test every three months. The prosecution and defense did not appeal.
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