After the fatal accident between Egling and Wolfratshausen, a 61-year-old Munich woman is sentenced to a fine. The trial became emotional.
Wolfratshausen/Egling – It was a sunny day, blue skies, perfect weather for excursions. A woman from Munich enjoyed the day with her neighbor at Café Hanfstingl in Neufahrn near Egling. However, the return journey ended in disaster after a few 100 meters: When crossing the state road 2070 in the direction of Ergertshausen, a Yamaha raced unbraked into the BMW of the Munich woman. The motorcyclist (56) from the district of Fürstenfeldbruck succumbed to his serious injuries before the police had reached the scene of the accident. Now the person who caused the accident had to answer for negligent homicide before the Wolfratshausen district court. The 61-year-old saleswoman was sentenced to a fine of 6300 euros (90 daily rates).
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Much heavier than the court verdict weighs on the woman the trauma of having caused the death of a person – without being able to explain how it happened. "It's all true," said the accused, after the prosecutor had summarized the accident of June 12, 2022 in the indictment in a few sentences. "With one exception: the motorcyclist was not visible to me," affirmed the Munich native, who was well acquainted with the intersection. Likewise, that serious accidents happen there again and again. That's why she stopped at the stop sign. "I'm a careful driver, I don't risk anything."
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From the direction of Wolfratshausen, three or four cars had come in the distance. "Nothing came from the right, that's why I drove off," explained the 61-year-old. She only got as far as the middle of the road, then there was a crash. "I was still thinking: Did he fall from the sky?" said the woman, who was briefly overwhelmed by emotion during the trial. "I saw the motorcyclist die. This is terrible. I go to sleep with the picture and get up with it. It haunts me," she said, describing the psychological strain since that fateful day.
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The defendant herself was only slightly injured in the accident, her companion (75) in the passenger seat suffered, among other things, a pelvic fracture, spent a month in the accident clinic in Murnau and another six weeks in a nursing home and in rehab.
An expert opinion brought to light details of the accident on this "terrible Sunday" (Judge Berger). For example, the motorcyclist had overtaken the car of a woman from Deiningen a few 100 meters before the accident site, shortly before the permitted maximum speed in the intersection area is reduced to 70 kilometers per hour. Whether the biker had reacted to this was "technically no longer detectable" on the basis of the pile of debris left over from the machine, the expert explained. According to their calculations, however, the motorcycle was traveling at a speed of 80 to 90 km/h. The motor vehicle expert came to the conclusion: "At 70 km/h it would have been tight, but the Yamaha would have been able to brake in time."
Munich woman in court: She was involved in a fatal accident
In view of the "enormous contributory negligence of the motorcyclist", whose blood had also tested positive for cannabinoids, the defence considered it appropriate to discontinue the proceedings under Section 153a (against payment of a fine). That was out of the question for the public prosecutor's office. She sees the tragedy and that it is "very, very burdensome" on the defendant, the prosecutor explained. "But as a result, it's a breach of due diligence, and in the end, a person is dead. That's why I can't agree to a hire."
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Judge Berger sentenced the woman to 90 daily rates (the prosecutor had applied for 120) to 70 euros each, a total of 6300 euros, and imposed a one-month driving ban. "The burden that they have to continue to bear cannot be taken away from you," Berger said in his verdict.
