Pedestrian fatally hit while turning: trial suspended
Around two years after Accidental death of a 78 year old female pedestrian in Berlin-Buckow is the Criminal trial against a truck driver failed at the first attempt. Because a technical report is to be supplemented, The Tiergarten District Court suspended the proceedings on Tuesday after several hours of negotiations. The 48-year-old defendant is said to have overlooked and rolled over the elderly woman with his truck when turning right. He is charged with negligent homicide.
The defendant had stated at the beginning of the trial that he drove attentively and looked in the mirror on his vehicle when turning. “There was no pedestrian in the median,” said the professional driver. A car had turned right in front of him. “It didn’t stop either.”
The truck driver should according to the indictment On September 5, 2018 in the Berlin district of Buckow, at the green traffic light, turn right into Marienfelder Chaussee. He had captured the elderly woman when she wanted to cross the lane at the pedestrian traffic light there. The accident would have been avoidable according to the prosecutorif the accused had paid the necessary attention to the traffic situation.
According to a technical report, the driver’s cab could additionally The attached pennants and signs led to a partially restricted view for the accused. It is unclear from which direction the passer-by came. The appraiser should also check whether she might have entered the street when it was red. There is not yet a new trial date. (dpa)
