On Monday, the Public Prosecutor (OM) called for a six-month suspended prison sentence, a 240-hour community service order, and a two-year driving ban against a man suspected of a fatal collision at Pinkpop 2018. 39-year-old Danny S. He was previously sentenced to 120 hours of community service and a six-month ban on driving.
In the early morning incident on June 18, 2018, a man from Heerlen was killed and three others were seriously injured. The group of festival attendees sat on the road in front of a campsite shortly after the festival ended.
The Maastricht court sentenced S. in 2020 for inattentive driving. The Public Prosecutor’s Office challenged this sentence.
According to the prosecutor, S. was negligent and it is he who is responsible for the fatal accident. S. drove at 80 kilometers per hour on the road, where 30 was the maximum speed. He drove over the victims and then moved on. He later turned himself in to the police.
Festival goers were visible according to OM
S. claims he did not see the people sitting on the road. According to the prosecutor on appeal, she should and could have seen the group. According to the prosecutor, they were visible through the light of a street lamp. Several other vehicles had already passed the club. The driver should therefore have adapted his speed and driving style.
The consequences of the accident are serious, the prosecutor said. Victims who survive the collision face physical or mental limitations. “So it will be for the rest of their lives. The punishment to be inflicted and its consequences for the suspect contrast sharply with the consequences of the accident for all victims and relatives of the deceased,” said the attorney general.
The court will rule on 10 October.
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