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Last September, a drunk wrong-way driver collided head-on with the car of an innocent 19-year-old on the Westautobahn. A short time later, the young man died in hospital from his serious injuries. Now the wrong-way driver had to answer in court for the fatal wrong turn.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen 18 months imprisonment, six of which were "harsh", as well as 17,000 euros in bereavement damages - this sentence for gross negligence manslaughter and endangering physical safety was handed down on Monday at Wels Regional Court. It is not yet legally binding.
A 47-year-old man was in the dock. According to the indictment, he allegedly drove onto the Westautobahn highway near Laakirchen on September 7 of the previous year while drunk - he had around 1.8 per mille in his blood. He then allegedly drove at around 130 km/h as a wrong-way driver on the A1.
Judge speaks of "insane driving"
This resulted in a head-on collision with the car of a 19-year-old. The young man was so seriously injured that he died in hospital a short time later. Further accidents caused by the "crazy drive", as the judge called it, were only just prevented.
In court, the wrong-way driver took full responsibility and confessed.
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