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A fatal mistake costs one young man his life and injures dozens.
The train driver who caused the accident receives a suspended sentence.
Schäftlarn - Two years after the tragic S-Bahn accident in Schäftlarn, Upper Bavaria, a train driver was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence by the Munich lay judge's court on Thursday.
The accusation was, among other things, negligent homicide.
On February 14, 2022, the 56-year-old defendant ignored a red signal and certain regulations, which led to his train colliding with an oncoming S-Bahn.
A young man was killed and numerous people were injured.
The verdict is not yet legally binding.
S-Bahn accident in Munich: Guilty train driver receives light sentence
Nesrin Reichle, the judge of the jury court, said on Thursday that the train driver had grossly breached his duties.
Although he could not remember the accident, she said: "He admitted that it was a fatal mistake." He fully acknowledged his mistake and his confession was credible.
A young man dies and dozens of people are injured when two S-Bahn trains collide near Munich.
Now a train driver has been convicted.
He could be spared time in prison.
© Uwe Lein/dpa
The public prosecutor's office had demanded a prison sentence of two years and nine months for the train driver.
In addition to negligent homicide and negligent bodily harm, the prosecutor accused him of endangering rail traffic in 51 cases.
The resulting material damage amounted to seven million euros.
However, his confession and sincere regret were counted in his favor.
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Defendant apologizes through tears – and takes responsibility
The defendant again tearfully apologized for his mistakes on Thursday.
His lawyer, Stephan Beukelmann, argued for a suspended sentence of one year and nine months.
He emphasized that his client had made mistakes but accepted his responsibility.
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During the trial, the train driver stated that he could not remember the accident.
He could not explain why he had acted as he did, but accepted responsibility for his behavior.
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Fatal mistake: Two years ago, two S-Bahn trains collided near Munich
According to the investigation, the defendant was driving train number 6785 on the day of the accident and had ignored an emergency brake due to excessive speed in front of the Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn train station.
After the passengers got on and off, he drove off despite a red stop signal and bypassed the automatic emergency braking that followed.
He did not obtain written permission from the dispatcher to continue driving after braking.
At the same time, the delayed S-Bahn number 6776 from Munich was approaching on the single-track route.
Their train driver received a red signal and initiated emergency braking.
His train came to a stop after additional emergency braking.
While he was still on the phone with the dispatcher to find out the reasons, the other S-Bahn was already approaching.
The accused train driver initiated rapid braking, but was no longer able to prevent the collision.
The defendant, who had originally completed training as a turner, had only passed the train driver test nine months before the accident.
In doing so, he fulfilled a childhood dream, as he himself said.
Even as a small boy he wanted to become a train driver.
He has been working as a postman since January.
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