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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080125/...iKq24_b4uhOrgF
Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage Fri Jan 25, 10:37 AM ET A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday. Businessman Tomas Delgado says 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo caused $20,500 of damage to his Audi A8 in the fatal 2004 crash in La Rioja region, the El Pais newspaper reported. Delgado, who has faced no criminal charges for the incident, wants a further 6,000 euros to cover the cost of hiring another vehicle while his car was being repaired, El Pais said. The youth had been cycling alone at night without reflective clothing or a helmet, according to a police report cited by El Pais. His family won 33,000 euros compensation from Delgado's insurance company after the firm acknowledged he had been driving at excessive speed and this could have contributed to the incident, El Pais reported. "I'm also a victim in all of this, you can't fix the lad's problems, but you can fix mine," Delgado told the newspaper, ahead of a January 30 legal decision on his suit. The family said they had previously pitied Delgado for the guilt he must feel at killing their son but were now disgusted that his greatest concern appeared to be money. "This was the final straw, a kick in the teeth," the youth's mother Rosa Trinidad told El Pais. Copyright © 2008 Reuters Limited. |
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