With too much alcohol in the blood, when a 24-year-old man 9. december his car into a Citroen C1, which kept quiet to swing in the intersection between Hodsagervej and Brogårdvej near Holstebro.
In the car sat a 41-year-old woman behind the wheel. With them in the car, she had three children. A boy of nine years and two seven-year girls. Only the one girl and the 24-year-old driver survived the dramatic accident.
the Woman and one of the seven-year-old girls were killed on the spot, while the woman’s son died of his injuries the day after.
The tragic accident happened on a road at the Hodsager near Holstebro, where drivers exceed driving 80 kilometers an hour. But the 24-year-old man had pressed his accelerator so much so, in essence, that the speedometer showed 137 kilometers per hour.
It appears by the indictment against the man. It is also described by the collision had a bac of at least 1,46.
the Accident happened at 10.35 Sunday morning.
The 24-year-old, who is from Latvia, had, according to the charges no driver’s license.
He also did not have a seatbelt on, when he behind drove up, in the woman’s car and got it pushed 64 metres forward.
His own car – a silver grey Ford Mondeo – continued 75 metres along the road and out in the discount, before it kept quiet.
the Man’s car also got big damage, but yet he got off with life in the keep. Photo: Morten Stricker/Ritzau Scanpix
Since the accident he has been charged with manslaughter in the woman and the two children. He is also indicted for negligent injury of the other seven-year-old girl.
She is the daughter of the deceased woman, and by accident, she was seriously injured. Among other things, she got a ten centimeters long wound across the scalp, broken bones and had to be operated on.
Both the negligent homicide and bodily harm under particularly aggravating circumstances, when he was under the influence of alcohol and was driving recklessly on the road.
the Case against the 24-year-old Latvian man will take place at the Court in Herning on Thursday.
