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Essen (dpa / lnw) - After the accidental death of an 18-year-old from Essen, a sports car driver has had to answer in court again since Tuesday.
At the start of the trial, the defendant was silent about the allegations.
He had strayed from the A52 in Essen in March 2019 with his 570-horsepower McLaren and crashed into a tree.
His passenger was killed immediately. The 25-year-old was sentenced to 14 months probation in August 2020 in a first trial for negligent homicide.
Because both the public prosecutor's office and the accused German have appealed against the judgment of the local court, the Essen regional court now has to deal with the fatal accident.
In the first judgment, the court assumed that the 25-year-old was driving on the motorway at almost 300 km / h.
The car could possibly also have been significantly slower.
After a reassessment by an accident assessor, the McLaren drifted over the lane and crashed into the right guardrail at a speed of 170 to 190 km / h.
This is the result of the evaluation of a control unit.
The car was then pushed under the guardrail and torn in two on a tree.
“It is not true that an initial speed of 250 km / h or more was absolutely necessary,” said the expert in the process.
Tests with comparable sports cars would have shown that.
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The defendant survived the accident with almost no injuries.
The verdict is expected to be pronounced on Wednesday.
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