Three years in prison for the drunk driver who fatally ran over a cyclist in Seville

4 December, 2017Updated on December 4, 2017

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He had ingested alcoholic beverages and narcotic substances such as cocaine, hashish, mda and mdma

According to an ABC newspaper reports, the head of the 10 criminal court in Seville has condemned three years and three months in prison to the driver who is now a year fatally ran over a cyclist in Seville after skip a traffic light and that gave positive in the alcohol and drug tests.

In a ruling to which Efe has had access, the judge considers it proven that on the 8.15 4 hours of December of 2016 the defendant, RMP «circulated in to Montesierra Avenue towards Utrera Molina street after having ingested alcoholic beverages and substances narcotics such as cocaine, hashish, mda and mdma, both factors that made it impossible for normal driving ".

According to the ruling, he was circulating "at an inadequate speed" and for this reason and "as a result of his condition, with notorious negligence, did not notice a red light»That preceded a pedestrian and cyclist crossing, that at that moment the victim crossed the bicycle,« hitting him with great violence and displacing him a few meters from the point of impact ».

Toxicological tests tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy

This blow caused a strong blow to the cyclist's head and injuries for which he had to be transferred to the hospital, where he died hours later.

At the trial, held at the 30 in June, the defendant - detained the same day of the abuse and in pre-trial detention since then- acknowledged the facts and agreed with the penalty requested by the Office of the Prosecutor and the private accusation for two crimes of homicide for serious imprudence and against road safety.

Based on this agreement and the circumstance mitigation of damage repair, since the defendant's insurer compensated the victim's family -homely and with two minor children- with a total of $588.700,50 In terms of civil liability, the judge has imposed a sentence of three years and three months in jail (from which the time spent in preventive detention but denying his suspension is discounted) and four years and nine months of withdrawal of the driver's license .

"He had strong alcoholic halitosis, very glazed eyes and drowsiness", reflects the court ruling

The ruling states that at the time of the accident, according to the analyzes that were carried out, the defendant presented 0,46 milligrams of alcohol aspirated per liter of blood in the first test and 0,53 in the second, which according to the accusation, exercised by Daniel Nevado , indicates that the last cup was taken shortly before the accident, hence the level of alcohol still increased after the accident.

The toxicological analyzes were positive in cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy, "some levels of alcohol and drugs devastating" for the lawyer.

"He had strong alcoholic halitosis, very glazed eyes and somnolent state", reflects the court ruling, issued after the trial but that the victim's family wanted to make public now one year after the death of Francisco Javier Cabeza Blanco, who He had 37 years and was well known in the world of cycling fans because he organized in the Sevillian town of Guadalcanal a test known as La Capitana.

His widow promotes a campaign to raise the maximum penalties for deadly abuses to cyclists from the current four years of imprisonment to nine.

From Triathlon News we work to try to raise awareness among cyclists and drivers trying to inform about good behavior and the regulations to avoid these tragic news.

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