Source: Driver convicted of fatal accident
Found on: 2022-07-28 02:00:36
A man was sentenced yesterday to pay a fine of 4,320 euros for the death of a pedestrian, who died when he was hit by a traffic light against which the accused crashed on Avenida Argentina in Palma. The driver declared himself the author of a crime of homicide due to serious recklessness and accepted the payment of the economic penalty and the withdrawal of the driver’s license. drive for a year after the agreement reached between the prosecutor, her lawyer and the lawyer for the private prosecution.
The victim of the accident was the historical inspector of the Martín Casado National Police, who was 72 years old and already retired. On June 12, 2020, around seven in the afternoon, the man was waiting to cross the street at a pedestrian crossing when the driver lost control and crashed into the traffic light, which in his fall hit Martín Casado and caused very serious injuries for which he died on the spot.