Suspect Peter N. indicated during the hearing that he was still devastated by the event. He should have given the girl priority when leaving the roundabout. “I always look carefully, but I haven’t seen her,” he says.
His lawyer argues that no fault can be attributed to him: “When driving too fast or consuming alcohol, the suspect has himself to blame for making it difficult to notice other road users in time, but I really emphasize that this is not the case.”
The public prosecutor disagrees. He believes that the driver did not pay close enough attention as the driver of a heavy vehicle and demands 240 hours of community service. He also wants N. to lose his driver’s license for six months. The court will make its ruling in two weeks.