In the trial surrounding a fatal speeding accident in Munich last summer, the defendant made a confession. The allegations against the 22-year-old are true, his lawyer said on Monday. The public prosecutor’s office has charged him, among other things, with a prohibited motor vehicle race resulting in negligent death because an 18-year-old was killed and five people were injured in the accident.
One of these injured people – a now 19-year-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 mind,” 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.” His 18-year-old friend, with whom he had previously been at a festival, did not survive the accident.
The trial surrounding the accident began at the Munich district court in December. At that time, too, 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 driving license – he crashed his car into a tram at high speed while fleeing from 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.
