Driver without a CNH is indicted after young man is run over in Ponta Grossa
According to the investigation, the victim, a young man identified as Claudinei Lima Fagundes, 18 years old, was with three other people, including a child, standing off the road surface to take photos of his bicycles at dawn, when a pickup truck hit the group. Claudinei died at the scene, and another victim suffered a fractured rib.
The Civil Police concluded the police investigation that found the hitchhiking that occurred in the early hours of October 18, in Avenida Pedro Wosgrau, in the neighborhood of Cara-Cará, in Ponta Grossa. The incident resulted in the death of 18-year-old Claudinei Lima Fagundes.
According to the investigation, the victim was with three other people, including a child, standing outside the rolling track to photograph their bicycles at dawn, when a truck hit the group. Claudinei died at the scene, and another victim suffered a rib fracture.
The 22-year-old driver does not have a National License. He left the scene without giving any help or triggering the authorities. The van was located hours later in the garage of the home of the investigator, with damage to the front. The forensics found that this part of the vehicle had been cleaned just before.
In the face of the evidence gathered, the investigator was indicted for qualified homicide, through an appeal that made it difficult to defend the victim, with eventual wrongdoing, consummated in relation to the fatal victim and attempted in relation to the other three people. He was also indicted for failure to provide relief, escape from the site of the accident and driving without a license. The investigation will now be forwarded to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Driving a vehicle requires preparation, attention and respect for life. Driving without a license, at incompatible speed, and abandoning the victims without help are choices that can cost lives and destroy families. A safer traffic starts with the responsibility of each driver. Those who take the risk of killing at the wheel must be held accountable for this,” said the delegate Maurício Souza da Luz, responsible for the sector.
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