Two years ago a man from Cuijk rode a woman of 87 dead in the outskirts of Haps. Justice demanded no time of community service against him on Monday and he would not be allowed to drive for a year.
Regret, it all turned around on Monday afternoon in one of the courts of the court in Den Bosch. Regret a careless moment. Edin M. (now 27) from Cuijk rode back home on 23 February 2023 around two o’clock in the afternoon over the Kalkhofseweg in Haps. He rode countless times and from work there, but that Thursday afternoon it suddenly went wrong.
The 87-year-old woman from Haps crossed the intersection of Kalkhofseweg and the Hoefseweg in Haps with her electric bicycle, but probably estimated the speed of Edin M. He still tried to brake and make way, but it was already too late. He touched the woman and she died of her injuries.
Research showed that the man had not adhered to the maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, but had at least driven 116. If he had kept to the speed, he would have stopped 23 meters before the intersection, the public prosecutor charged. And so the death of the 87-year-old woman is the fault of Edin M., the officer said, even though he rode on a priority road.
So that resulted in a criminal demand of 200 hours and a year without a driver’s license. But the consequences of the fatal collision turned out to be greater than this possible punishment. On both sides. Edin M. has not been working since then and barely drives a car. And the woman’s family has lost their mother, grandmother and even great -grandmother.
She was there for everyone
The woman’s daughter told in court how Vitaal was still her mother of 87. She was there for everyone, she said. Not only for the children, grandchildren and the first great -grandchild, but also, for example, for girlfriends and her ten -year -older sister. The woman also cycled a lot and she was on her way to Cuijk that day.
Just like the public prosecutor, she noticed that the man had driven too fast more often. She was not angry with him, but asked him, while she was sitting next to him in the room, to “take his responsibility.”
It seems that Edin M. will take that advice to heart. He hopes that he will soon be able to speak to the relatives himself to tell them how much he regrets.
The decision in this case is on August 4.