Berlin: Kind dies despite the green traffic lights - deadly in court

Berlin: Kind dies despite the green traffic lights - deadly in court

Berlin-At the pedestrian festival on Landsberger Allee (Berlin-Marzahn) there are four traffic lights for car traffic. Everyone was red, for at least 23 seconds. So Louisa (11) went across the street, because her traffic light was green. The child did everything right - and still died. Traffic court zoo. Decty: Entrepreneur Jürgen H. (61) from a suburb of Berlin. With his Audi A5 (218 hp), in the late afternoon of April 12, 2022, he brings past the red traffic lights past all waiting cars. With at least 65 km/h - 50.

The excuse: "In my mind's eye, the traffic lights switched to green, so I didn't slow down." At the scene of the accident, the Audi driver vehemently contradicted him when police officers immediately took away his driver's license. 18 months later he says: "I clear everything up, earn a punishment. It hurts my soul. I apologize to the parents." He expects a fine and his driver's license. Louisa was fatally injured in front of her mother (35). "We wanted to go to Eastgate," she recalls. "Louisa ran in front of me, the car came from right. ..."

It drove into the child at an excessive speed, collision left fenders. "The car lights have been in an infinitely long red," says the expert (58). They switched over when the car was still 433 meters away. The pedestrian festival is located in a depression, everything is easy to see, it was tag hell and dry.

And someone like that wants the driver's license back? "We have considerable doubts about his intellectual suitability for driving motor vehicles," say the parents' lawyers. "He seriously says that the red light was green in his mind's eye! The child was argued and defenseless, was killed." They require lifelong driving license lock, confiscation of the Audi as a tool, a murder process before the district court.

The judgment. 9 months in prison, probation period 3 years (negligent killing, negligent threat to road traffic). The driver's license remains. But in 6 months the authority may issue him a new driver's license again. Father Julian Herwig (34, vwl lecturer): "The judgment is a slap in the face. If we send such signals to society, nobody sticks to red traffic lights!" He demanded compensation from the entrepreneur before the process. Louisa is his "life's work", now he demands his "life performance of the past eleven years", one million euros - plus the bank details ...

according to a report by www.bild.de , the article is about a tragic traffic accident in Berlin-Marzahn. An 11-year-old girl named Louisa crossed the street at green pedestrian traffic lights and was hit by a driver who drove at excessive speed and red. The driver, a 61-year-old entrepreneur, claimed that he thought that the traffic light was green. Louisa was fatally injured, and the parents' lawyers demand a lifelong driving license lock and the confiscation of the perpetrator's car. The court sentenced the driver to the probation and a driver's license lock of three years in prison, but after six months he can apply for a new driver's license. The girl's parents are dissatisfied with the judgment and demand compensation in the amount of one million euros.

This case shows the tragic consequences of rutting and disregard for traffic rules. Unfortunately, such incidents are not uncommon in Berlin. According to the police statistics, there were more than 50 fatal traffic accidents in the city in 2021 alone. The Berlin authorities have taken measures in recent years to improve traffic safety, including the expansion of traffic light systems and monitoring by cameras. Nevertheless, as a citizen, we also have to perceive our responsibility by respecting the traffic rules and protecting other road users.

Source: www.bild.de