It is the preliminary legal conclusion in a moving case. Because he had hit a girl (1) with his van in May last year, a postal worker (57) was put on trial in Hallein (Salzburg) on Thursday. The toddler succumbed to his serious injuries. The suspect, who was visibly abused, was fined 4,510 euros.
“In millions of cases, such situations end well. In this case, the maximum damage has occurred’, the judge concluded at the end of the short hearing, in which no witnesses could speak. He sentenced the Tennengau postman to a fine of 110 daily rates of 41 euros for negligently killing the nearly two-year-old girl.
“All of a sudden I heard a ‘Tuscher'”
What happened? On May 3, 2022 at around 8:20 a.m., the 57-year-old drove his van to the side of a municipal road in Annaberg (Tennengau/Salzburg). There were the brothers (9 and 4 years old) of the later victim. “The girl stood on the doorstep of the house and turned her back to me,” recalls the visibly moved defendant. “Then I reached into a box on the passenger side and handed the mail to the two kids. I do that often,” the postman continued. After a short conversation, he closed the window, looked around and drove off. Almost in tears, he continued: “Suddenly I heard a ‘Tuscher’. I stopped and looked in the mirror. Then the little one lay there.”
Girl died instantly
The rescue service and the emergency doctor were unable to help the toddler. The right front tire of the pickup truck had rolled over the girl’s head. Expert Gerhard Kronreif came to the conclusion: the man could not see the child from the driver’s seat.
The suspect thought that the girl entered the house
When asked why the defendant did not go out to look, he replied: “I thought she was going into the house. If I had suspected she might be in front of the car, I wouldn’t have driven away. .
acquittal demanded
Lawyer Lukas Kofler demanded an acquittal: “It would be an exceeding of the standard of care if one assumes that a reasonably average person would get out of the car in such a situation before driving away.” I can only say that I am infinitely sorry for the whole thing.”
Mild sentence for involuntary manslaughter
The judge ruled mildly. The fine is one-sixth of the possible penalty. “But I believe the accident could have been prevented and it would have been reasonable for them,” he justified the guilty verdict. The verdict is not final. The liability insurance has now paid out 50,000 euros to the parents of the victim.
Source: Krone
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