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On June 26, 2020, around 01.30, the residents of Josvainiai woke up to a loud explosion. R. Krumalenko, born in 1970, was driving from Kėdainiai at a high speed, maybe even 180 km / h, and was driving on a Mercedes-Benz Kėdainių street without lighting (Aristava – Kėdainiai – Cinkiškis road, Kėdainiai district) to the Audi S4 in front of him. “Car. After a strong blow, this last car crashed into a tree, Mercedes-Benz against the wall of the single-inhabitant house.
Two young men sitting in Audi – K.Ž. and his best friend MN – died, and the deliberate accident survivor (had his legs pressed) (a Ukrainian living in Lithuania on temporary leave) was taken to hospital. His blood was later found to be as high as 3.24 avg at the time. alcohol. Empty bottles of alcoholic beverages were found in the trunk of Mercedes Benz. During the medical examination, R. Krumalenko told the doctor that one drank a liter of vodka, vaguely remembered the incident while in the hospital.
He pleaded guilty and repented
The story that ended in the tragedy began that night with a call from a citizen informing the police about a Mercedes-Benz driver who was maneuvering dangerously on the road and almost caused an emergency in Kėdainiai. Police responding to the report tried to stop the suspect car, but the driver was not convicted, but in 2020, Krumalenko, who was fined 4 times for speeding in Lithuania, only increased his speed and smiled at Josvainiai. Boiled fishing. Although the police chased the fugitive at 160 km / h. Mercedes-Benz was able to separate by half a kilometer. Fly extremely fast before hitting.
Speaking in the Kėdainiai court who was hearing the case of the accident, the defendant with a minor admitted his guilt completely, claimed that he had not even seen the Audi car in front of him, focused almost all his attention on the rear view mirror, chasing the Cops: I wasn’t looking forward, I was just looking back.
It is true that he immediately pleaded not guilty, at first he did not even realize that he had caused a traffic accident, which killed two people, he thought that he had had an accident in Kėdainiai and, when he found himself in the hospital, he refused to verify the degree of intoxication. four.
In court, the fault lies with the victims – the families of the victims – expressed their sincere regret for what happened, asked for forgiveness if they could. Insured without problems with alcohol consumption. In passing judgment, the court recognized as a mitigating circumstance the fact that the accused had confessed to having committed a crime and, in the court’s view, had sincerely regretted this.
The family drama became clear: the father also died in the accident.
K.Ž., who died in an accident and lives in England. (born 1998) his mother testified in court that her son returned to Lithuania only at the end of 2019; half a year before the disaster, he planned to stay longer in his homeland, helped his father repair the house, they communicated with each other daily. Until then, K.Ž. He lived abroad with his sister, he was extremely close, together they planned to go again to earn money. K.Ž. the sister claimed in court that she had lost not only her brother, but also her best friend. After the disaster, out of habit, he checks the phone every night for messages, tries to watch the recordings, because he is very afraid of forgetting the features of his brother’s face, laughs, often reads correspondence.
The late K.Ž. the mother claimed compensation of EUR 8,485.93 and non-pecuniary damage of EUR 35,000 (the insurance company covered a part of the pecuniary damage of EUR 8,110.92 and non-pecuniary damage of EUR 15,000), the father pecuniary damage and EUR 35,000 for non-material damage compensated EUR 3,000 and EUR 15,000 respectively), the sister – EUR 1,603.06 for pecuniary damage and EUR 25,000 for non-pecuniary damage (the insurance company only compensated for pecuniary damage).
The court testimony of the second deceased’s mother, MN (born 2001), with whom the boy was still living before the accident, revealed a painful family history: MN’s father also died in a traffic accident and before MN was born. your son). Later, most of the housework fell on the shoulders of the grown man, and the grandmother, with whom he had a particularly close relationship, helped to care for his grandfather, who was seriously ill for 7 years, was an important help. The life of MN’s grandfather was extinguished a month before the accident in Josvainiai.
MN’s younger brother and sister, whom he cared for, also suffered painfully. The little brother continues to see his older brother dead everywhere after the disaster, and the boy has even passed away due to the stress he has experienced.
The mother of the deceased MN asked the court for pecuniary damage of 1,792.53 euros and non-pecuniary damage of 35,000 (the insurance company compensated part of the moral damage of 15,000 euros and 1,444.54 euros), and sister – 25,000 euros each.
Subsequently, the victims no longer claimed compensation for the remaining uninsured property damage from the insurance company, they gave up part of the claims, except for the late K.Ž. the mother, for whom the insurance company refused to pay 58.61 euros in material damage for the notarial services necessary to accept the inheritance of the deceased son.
After compensating only the moral damage suffered by the deceased parents (in part), the insurer argued that the siblings, grandparents and grandchildren were compensated for the spiritual suffering caused by the death of the victim only in exceptional cases.
However, the Kėdainiai Court recognized that in the present case the circumstances indicated by the civil plaintiffs allow it to conclude that a particularly close family relationship had developed between the deceased persons and the civil plaintiffs (brother, sisters, grandmother of the deceased).
The court ruled that, in addition to the insurance company paying € 15,000 each to the parents of the injured victims, in addition to non-pecuniary damage, the parents were ordered to pay an additional € 20,000 in moral damages each (the total amount moral damage was 35,000 euros each). The following amounts of moral damages will be established for the victims and civil plaintiffs and will be awarded by the defendant civil insurance company: the late K.Ž. sister – 20,000 euros, grandmother of the deceased MN – 20,000 euros, brother – 15,000 euros, sister – 10,000 euros.
Females 4 years and 4 months
In a judgment handed down on December 22, 2020, the Kėdainiai Chamber of the Kaunas District Court decided to convict R. Krumalenko for the offense provided for in article 281, paragraph 6, of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania (Driving in the state of drunkenness violating road safety regulations or driving vehicles when it was a traffic accident that killed two people). The final sentence was four years and four months in prison (from three to ten years in prison).
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Time spent in detention and arrest from June 26, 2020 to December 22, 2020 was included in the sentence.
Along with the sanction, R. Krumalenko was also sentenced to criminal sanctions: deprivation / prohibition of the right to drive road vehicles for a period of five years and confiscation of property – seized car Mercedes Benz C 180 belonging to the defendant, with which he committed the crime.
The sentence can be appealed to the Kaunas Regional Court within twenty days from the date of its pronouncement, and with respect to the arrested defendant from the date of notification of the translated sentence, filing an appeal before the Kėdainiai Chamber of the Court District of Kaunas.
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