As of: March 18, 2024, 5:08 p.m
By: Lukas Schierlinger
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A picture of devastation emerged after the fatal accident in July 2023. © Gaulke
In December 2023, the trial surrounding a fatal speeding accident in Munich ended after just one day.
Now there was a new attempt, an eyewitness testified.
Munich – In the trial surrounding a speeding accident in Munich, the defendant made a confession.
An 18-year-old was fatally injured at the tram stop at Leonrodplatz in July 2023.
The allegations against her 22-year-old client are true, his lawyer said on Monday (March 18).
The public prosecutor's office has charged him with, among other things, a prohibited motor vehicle race resulting in negligent death.
In addition to the 18-year-old who was killed, five people were injured.
18-year-old killed in speeding accident in Munich: his friend remembers
One of these injured people - now 19 years old - reported to the Munich I regional court about the fear of death he was in when the car raced towards him.
“I knew then that I was going to die now.
I no longer had a chance in my perception,” he said.
He also described the terrible pain he felt when he hit the road.
“My whole body was burning.” He underwent emergency surgery that night, and three more operations followed.
The doctors initially feared that the football talent's shattered leg would have to be amputated.
When he was pushed into the operating room, he asked about his friend, the young man reports: "That's when I asked for the first time what was wrong with Daniel." He had known him since the eighth grade.
His 18-year-old friend, with whom he had recently celebrated at the Rolling Loud Festival in Riem, died from his serious injuries.
Fatal speeding accident in Munich: case referred to regional court
The trial surrounding the accident began at the Munich District Court in December 2023.
At the time, the 22-year-old had admitted through his lawyer that he had fatally injured the 18-year-old when - under the influence of alcohol and other drugs and without a driver's license - he crashed his car into a tram at high speed while fleeing a police checkpoint. Stop hurled.
According to the public prosecutor's office, he raced through downtown Munich at speeds of up to 144 kilometers per hour.
The judge at the district court, which can only impose sentences of a maximum of four years, got the impression that the sentence would be higher if she was convicted.
The matter was therefore referred to the regional court.
The court has currently scheduled a total of five days of hearings until April 18th.
(lks/dpa)