The Provincial Council of A Coruña has just issued a invoices a young man killed in a traffic accident in August 2020 on the AC-442, as it passes through the town of Dumbría in A Coruña. The provincial body claims 485.5 euros for “assistance and cleaning” road for the accident that occurred more than three years ago and for which the driver of a car that invaded the oncoming lane, in which Josep Boan Rosanes and his father were traveling, was sentenced to two years in prison for invading the oncoming lane. His mother, Pilar, after years of fighting in the courts and now seeking a reform of the Penal Code for highway homicides, declares “destroyed” for the notification sent in your child’s name.
He Firefighters Consortium ensures that will cancel the fine to the deceased to charge the responsible for the accidentsince at the time of the accident they lacked sufficient data to settle responsibility and they They carried the deceased by mistake. The Provincial Council of A Coruña began the annulment of the processing of the fine as soon as it became aware of the facts. The provincial entity apologizes to the family for what happened.
Josep died on August 9, 2020 when the young man and his father were heading to Santiago, the last leg of the trip through Galicia that they had both started in Barcelona, the city where the family resides. The young man was hit by a Peugot that entered a curve on the AC-442, as it passed through Dumbría, at at least 116 km/h, invading the lane in which the young man and his father were traveling, witnessing the impact. mortal. The family had to wait more than two years to hear the story of the driver who took Josep’s life when he was only 20 years old.
Although he denied that he was traveling fast, the tracks, vestiges and remains on the asphalt of that curve did not leave any shadow of doubt for the accident investigation team: The car “at the time it lost control was traveling at a minimum speed of 116 km/h” in an area limited to 70 km/h. The specific limitation sign was 300 meters before the curve, the road was two-way, with two lanes separated by a continuous line, the road was dry, clean and in good condition, visibility was good and without unfavorable atmospheric conditions. .
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Given this diagnosis of the Civil Traffic Guard and the statements of the witnesses and the accused, the judge issued a ruling in December of last year. conviction for serious reckless homicide (the penalties range from one to four years in prison and withdrawal of the license from one to six years). But for the family it was insufficient because it is not exemplary for the accused, who – they regret – has not shown any repentance, nor has he restored the damage caused: Asier GS, 30 years old, a native of the Coruña town of O Pino, has been sentenced to two years in prison and the deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for three years and six months, as well as the special disqualification from exercising the right to stand for election during the time of the sentence. Since there is no criminal record and the sentence is less than two years, you will not have to go to prison. The families of victims of road accidents complain about the current regulations: “The law – they warn – does not deter crime or restore the pain caused.”
“With this sentence, they have killed Josep again, and me,” his mother lamented in statements to this newspaper as soon as the family, settled in Barcelona and of Galician origin, learned of the ruling.