Investigators determined that the driver may have lost control of the vehicle and skidded. The car hit a pedestrian walking on the side of the road. The woman was taken to the hospital with many injuries and died there. The prosecutor of the Sosnovets District Prosecutor's Office was sitting behind the wheel of the car.
The fatal incident took place on November 28 in the town of Sienichno, Olkuss district.
“The driver of a Kia Rio car (…) lost control of the car, skidded and hit a pedestrian walking on the side of the road. The victim received many injuries, including a brain injury, and was taken to the hospital, where has died, – says the prosecutor's office of Krakow region.
The prosecutor did not interview
About two weeks after this incident, “Gazeta Krakowska” reported that the driver of the Kia car was the prosecutor of the Olkusz District Prosecutor's Office. He also explained the location of the accident: “Dorota had to walk about 70 meters on the side of the busy DK 94 (…) to get to the sidewalk. She was going to take her daughter to school. There is a wide road is available, its shoulder is about two meters long and the road is straight.” .
“Given that the investigation of the scene and preliminary work was carried out by the Prosecutor's Office of the Olkoz district, the goal was to make the readers believe that the activities carried out in this case are unreliable”, comments. Prosecutor's Office of Krakow, which took over the trial. And he confirms that the car was indeed driven by the prosecutor – but not by Olkus, but by Sosnowiec.
The article also cited unconfirmed information that the police, who arrived at the scene, heard from the driver that he was “looking for his phone.” According to the journalists, the prosecutor's office did not answer their question about how to explain this incident.
In turn, the prosecutor's office says that it has not yet spoken to the driver, because “only a comprehensive investigation will allow him to determine his procedural role in this incident and to interrogate him.” However, the only witness to the incident was interviewed and the opinion of the Department and Department of Forensic Medicine of the Jagiellonian University College of Medicine was obtained.
Next step: payment
The driver died at the scene and his blood was taken for analysis.
“The driver's license of the woman who was involved in this incident was confiscated, and the car was seized for examination of its technical condition,” the prosecutor's office said. After collecting evidence, he will announce the appointment of an expert on the reconstruction of traffic accidents.
“The next step in the case will be to take steps to decide whether to file charges,” we said in a statement.
tvn24.pl / Gazeta Krakowska
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