Beja: Home bus driver's trial in which three people died on the A2.
It begins today at the Criminal Court of Beja, the driver's judgment of the bus that crashed and overturned, in June 2015, na A2, next to Almodovar service area, which caused three dead and seven seriously injured.
Joaquim Oliveira de Matos, of 53 year old, It will be judged by three negligent manslaughter and seven offense of negligent crimes to physical integrity, a serious and simple six.
The defendant required the instruction of opening, but Almodovar Competence Judgment, upheld the decision of MP that locality, by that individual will be judged by a collective of Beja Judgment Judges, risking a sentence of imprisonment exceeding five years.
The accident happened on 19 June 2015, to 18,30 hours, at km 192,8 Highway South (A2), with a bus of Barraqueiro, to provide service to the Renex, network express, that was the connection between Lagos and Lisbon (Gare do Oriente) carrying 19 passengers, with José Sousa Moura, Maria da Boa Hora Master and Astrid Scheubert, a German national, resident in Lagos, It has been designed out of the vehicle and had death site.
According to the indictment the accused drove the vehicle "without respecting rest periods required, which led to a lack of physical condition for attention to road and driving ". In its investigation the driver said that sometimes "did not respect the rest periods, by virtue of being pressed by the employer ".
The prosecution maintains that the expertise of the vehicle will "reveal not have existed mechanical failure". Urine test detected the presence of benzodiapezinas, anxiolytic drugs, It did not disclose that the defendant to have taken.
The very Joaquim de Matos, Professional driver's 20 year old, suffered injuries, and was transported to the Hospital of Beja and the next day, Next he was transferred to the Loures Hospital, the medical facility closest to your residence, Santo Adrião de Varzim.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
