The parents of
Eduardo Daniel Guerrero
(23) had to wait more than three years to begin grieving the tragic death of their only son, 23 years old.
The police officer who ran over him, drunk and the wrong way in the city of
Lincoln
, was arrested last Thursday after his sentence of four years and two months in prison was confirmed.
"I only saw a black lump," declared
Juan Manuel Odermatt (31)
after the collision between two motorcycles - whose drivers were without helmets - recorded at 10 p.m. on
November 15, 2020
on the corner of Belgrano and Laprida streets.
The Buenos Aires police officer admitted to having driven while intoxicated, although he gave an unusual explanation: he said that he had "normal reflexes" when he drank alcohol.
Guerrero was hospitalized for 60 days, until he died at the Interzonal General Acute Hospital (HIGA) in Junín.
He worked with his father in honey production and studied Mathematics Teaching.
In addition, he had saved money to build six apartments.
Last week, the Court of Appeals and Guarantees of Junín confirmed the sentence against Odermatt for
"qualified negligent homicide and qualified negligent injuries
," both aggravated by driving while intoxicated and violating traffic signs that indicate the direction of traffic.
The victim's girlfriend, Priscila Amado (23), who had gone to a pharmacy with Eduardo, was also injured in the impact.
Juan Manuel Odermatt (31), the police officer convicted of running over and killing, drunk and the wrong way, Eduardo Daniel Guerrero (23), in Lincoln.
"This represents just a little bit of relief for us," "Edu's" mother,
María Itatí Domínguez (44)
, a secondary school teacher who was from General Levalle (Córdoba) but settled in Lincoln when she met Clarín,
told Clarín
.
who would end up being her husband,
Eduardo Germán Guerrero (61)
, a beekeeper born in Los Toldos (General Viamonte district).
For the woman, who was represented by lawyer Fernando Farías, "the idea is that Odermatt becomes aware of what he did by driving while intoxicated and violating the direction of traffic on the streets, with
an arrogant and ruthless attitude
towards the life of others".
At the time of the incident, the police officer was driving with a blood alcohol level of
1.02 gr/l
, that is, more than double the limit allowed at that time.
The parents of Eduardo Daniel Guerrero (23), who was run over by a drunk police officer and died, in Lincoln.
In the sentence, Judge Jorge Ariel Coppola ordered that the former agent - who ended up displaced from the Buenos Aires security force - be given a special disqualification for ten years from driving cars and motorcycles.
This was also ratified by the House.
Odermatt, imprisoned for the first time in this case, was transferred to the Lincoln police station, where he will be housed until a place opens up in the Junín penitentiary unit, in the former police pavilion, where he must serve his sentence.
EMJ