Jabbeke The survivors of the crashed rider Koen Messiaen (35) cherish no grudge against the young woman who, last summer, the fatal accident caused. The 19-year-old accused asks for the acquittal. According to her lawyer, she made no error and was the accident the result of a wrong overtaking and the high speed of the motard. “A fine or driving ban for woman brings Koen. All we hope of course that our son is in his right is made,” says papa Luc.
The heavy traffic accident happened on August 4 last year along the Stationsstraat in Loppem. Koen Messiaen from Varsenare worked as a baker in Oostkamp and was with his engine on the way home after the early shift. He wanted a car to overtake, but was at the height of the crossroad with the Village facing a rotating car. It came to a heavy collision, where Carl started was dead. After the report of the verkeersdeskundige decided the Bruges public prosecutor and the then barely 18-year-old driver from Oostkamp to sue for unintentional killing.
