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The driving force of the accident automobile mentioned the phrases within the automobile moments earlier than the accident, which the 17-year-old sitting within the center seat within the again seat advised the police that he would keep in mind for the remainder of his life.

– He mentioned that “Now it is a acquainted street and I can drive more durable, I am like Kalle Rovanperä”, the younger man advised the police throughout questioning.

The driving force hit the fuel. The passenger glanced on the automobile’s speedometer from the again seat. In keeping with him, the meter confirmed 120 kilometers per hour.

Then the driving force shouted “Oh shit!” and the automobile skidded right into a ditch.

– Then I most likely misplaced consciousness. I wakened after a while, the passenger advised the police.

1 killed, 4 injured

The accident automobile was utterly wrecked on the best way out. Police preliminary investigation materials

The run-in that led to the dying of a 16-year-old younger hockey participant passed off on the night time between Saturday and Sunday shortly after midnight on August 6, 2023 on Korkeakoskentie, Huittinis.

The passenger automobile skidded right into a ditch after a bump in a curve turning to the proper. The automobile hit the ditch drum beneath the street junction, was thrown into the air and ended up 7.4 meters away from the drum.

In keeping with the prosecutor, the automobile had a velocity of at the least 100 kilometers per hour on the time of the collision. The realm has a velocity restrict of fifty.

Three minor passengers and the 17-year-old driving the automobile had been injured within the accident.

Essentially the most critically injured was a 17-year-old passenger sitting in the midst of the again seat, who suffered contusions, pneumothorax, intestinal accidents and damaged bones through the exit.

The injured received out of the automobile themselves. Solely the useless youth remained within the again seat of the automobile.

The automobile was scrapped in a collision and was salvageable.

He dodged on the final minute

The 17-year-old who was driving the automobile had obtained a driver’s license with an exception earlier that summer time.

Throughout his quick driving time, he had managed to grow to be identified amongst his pals because the “loopy driver”.

Earlier on the night time of the occasion, he had gone to go the automobile driving forward in a scenario the place the view was poor. A bus got here on the opposite facet, which the passerby managed to keep away from on the final second. The younger one who was using within the automobile estimated that the head-on collision was stopped inside two seconds.

“The spirit nonetheless leaves”

The group had talked in regards to the 17-year-old’s driving fashion the identical night the accident occurred. At one level, the driving force of the crashed automobile was alone in his automobile as a result of one of many guys did not wish to journey with him due to his driving fashion.

Ultimately, nevertheless, 4 minors received on him as a result of they wished to see how loopy he actually drives.

The younger man in the midst of the again seat advised the police that he thought they might solely take a look at the automobile on the expressway, the place the automobile had a velocity of 170 kilometers per hour.

Later, the velocity was 80–100 kilometers per hour in areas the place the velocity restrict is clearly decrease. The individual sitting within the again seat recalled the scenario to the police like this:

– At that time, I mentioned to him, might you drive slower or we’ll all nonetheless run out of breath?

The driving force directed the automobile to Korkeakoskentie. The tempo was brisk once more. He did not have time to drive very far when he misplaced management of his automobile and veered off the street.

One out of 5 younger individuals died.

Known as 911

After the drive out, two calls had been made to the emergency heart in regards to the accident.

The second was referred to as by the driving force. He tells in regards to the scenario calmly, till the emergency heart operator asks if the reporter has any details about whether or not the driving force was intoxicated.

– Isn’t. I used to. I am not drunk or something, he tells the emergency heart.

The driving force appears to pay attention to the scenario when the emergency dispatcher asks him to ensure if the one passenger nonetheless within the automobile is awake.

– No shit, the alarmed man curses on the emergency heart recording.

– What has occurred right here? He asks.

Conviction for felonies

The younger man driving the automobile admitted to rushing and the close to miss that occurred earlier within the night through the preliminary investigation. He mentioned that he didn’t keep in mind the driving velocity, velocity limits or another occasions that preceded the exit.

He denied that the street was already acquainted to him. He thought-about it doable that the velocity of the automobile on Korkeakoskentie was over 100 kilometers per hour.

In courtroom, he denied the fees of aggravated crimes, however admitted virtually all of the factors in fundamental kind.

The Satakunta district courtroom sentenced the person, born in 2006, to at least one and a half years of conditional imprisonment. The decision was for aggravated manslaughter, two aggravated accidents and two aggravated endangering visitors security. All of the crimes had been dedicated as a teenager.

One cost of aggravated assault was dismissed as a result of the sufferer’s accidents weren’t so critical that the diploma of aggravated assault was exceeded. The essential kind of damage declare is a criminal offense in opposition to the social gathering. The sufferer didn’t demand punishment for the driving force, so the cost was dismissed.

Reimbursements might be mentioned later

The convict was ordered to compensate the 2 victims with 2,700 euros every. As well as, he has to pay 5,500 euros in courtroom prices and pay the insurance coverage firm a great 35,000 euros for the compensation it paid.

The kinfolk of the deceased younger individual and the passengers who had been most critically injured demanded compensation of 1000’s of euros from the convict for, amongst different issues, the struggling and short-term inconvenience brought on by the kid’s dying.

In keeping with the regulation, a big a part of the claims couldn’t be processed in reference to the prison case being processed, however might be processed in a separate litigation.

The judgment just isn’t binding.