The child was left under the rear tire of the car being reversed. He died of his injuries at the hospital.
Forty the man was fined by the Pohjois-Savo District Court on Friday for a two-year-old child who died after freezing under a reversing car.
The accident occurred in Kuopio in July 2020 in the yard area of an apartment building. Two children had approached the courtyard of an apartment building with their caregiver as a two-year-old ran into the courtyard between cars parked in advance.
A man who had reversed a few meters wide along a courtyard road did not notice the child. The child was left under the rear tire of the car being reversed. The child was taken to Kuopio University Hospital, but he died of his injuries.
The man was sentenced to 70 days in prison for endangering road safety and committing death. His income accrues 2,170 euros.
Legal considered that the man who had reversed the car did not monitor his surroundings with sufficient care and thus breached the duty of care required of the circumstances and required of him.
According to the law, the man had to be aware that there are a lot of pedestrians on the road and in the yard, and also children, which can be more difficult to detect from a car.
”(The convicted person) has failed to ensure in his revocation that revocation does not endanger the safety of others. (The convicted person) has negligently violated the Road Traffic Act in such a way that the procedure has been likely to endanger the safety of another, ”the court writes in its judgment.
According to the court, the trip canceled by the man was quite long and his driving speed was quiet. Accordingly, the court held that he would have had sufficient time and opportunity to make observations of his environment at the time of the withdrawal.
The prosecutor initially made the decision not to prosecute, but the relatives of the deceased child filed a complaint to get it to court.
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