The Debrecen District Prosecutor’s Office charged the man who hit someone with his vehicle for failure to provide assistance and then proceeded without stopping.
The elderly defendant was traveling in the center of Debrecen at dawn on November 14, 2019. His wife was also in the car with him and they were both wearing seat belts.
The defendant drove towards a road junction near one of the downtown shopping malls at the speed of 60 km / h allowed on that section. The traffic lights on the router flashed yellow. During this time, the victim wanted to pass through a designated pedestrian crossing at the intersection, but in the traffic lane where the accused was driving, the victim fell and tried to push himself by hand from a horizontal position lying on his side. It was then that the perpetrator, who suddenly steered to the left and wanted to get around him, got there, but hit the victim with the right front wheel of the car and then went on without stopping.
The driver should have recognized the victim on the pedestrian crossing from a specified distance before the intersection, so he was obliged to stop and provide assistance.
The victim suffered serious injuries as a result of the impact and he lost his life after being taken to hospital.
The Hajdú-Bihar County Police Headquarters terminated the criminal proceedings against the man for the negligent cause of a fatal road accident due to lack of evidence. Another crime committed against him, the misdemeanor of failing to provide assistance, was prosecuted by the Debrecen District Prosecutor’s Office in the Debrecen District Court. The district prosecutor’s office proposed the imposition of a prison sentence suspended in the indictment and a ban on driving from the road. The district prosecutor’s office also made a moderate motion in the indictment in the event that the accused admits to committing the crime charged against him at a preparatory hearing of the district court and waives his right to a trial.
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