The Shebeen al-Kom Criminal Court in Monufiya Governorate sentenced the truck-trailer driver responsible for an accident at the Regional Ring Road that killed 19 people and left three injured to 15 years in prison, along with a five-year prison sentence for the second defendant, the vehicle owner, and a fine of LE 80,000.
The Court on Tuesday began the first session of the trial.
The Public Prosecution issued a statement explaining that it had decided to refer both the driver and owner of the vehicle involved in the accident to the Criminal Court.
The charges were brought against the driver for manslaughter and negligent injury, as a result of his drug use, driving the vehicle in the opposite direction, driving without a license, being under the influence of drugs such as hashish and methamphetamine.
The prosecution confirmed that the defendant committed manslaughter and accidental injury as a result of gross negligence and deliberate violation of traffic rules, which resulted in a direct collision with a vehicle carrying the female workers, who were all from the village of Sanabsa in Monufiya.
The prosecution stated that the defendant was not legally or technically qualified to drive a vehicle of this type, and that he used the vehicle despite not having a driver’s license.
The vehicle owner—the second defendant—allowed him to use it, knowing this, thereby becoming complicit in the crime.
During the session, the prosecution reviewed the details of the investigations it conducted following the accident. In its pleadings, the prosecution revealed confessions made by the first defendant before the investigating authorities, in which he said “I was smoking hashish at a wedding before I got into the car.”
The prosecution explained that he deliberately drove in the opposite direction of the Regional Ring Road after the Khatatba roundabout, resulting in a direct collision with a microbus carrying the female workers.
During the session, the defendant’s defense attorney attempted to shed light on the road conditions and the defendant’s psychological state, who, according to him, has been a complete wreck since the accident.
Security forces also began making the necessary diversions after the Regional Ring Road was closed in four governorates (Qalyubia, Monufiya, Sharqiya, and Giza) for repair work, beginning Tuesday and lasting for a week.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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