A truck driver has been handed an 18-month driving ban and a €1,500 fine following a fatal accident on the A1 motorway in September 2023. He was also ordered to pay damages exceeding half a million euros.
The defendant had appeared in court on charges of manslaughter and involuntary bodily harm. The case relates to an incident on the A1 motorway in which the driver, travelling with the tipper body of his lorry raised, struck and tore down an overhead gantry. The structure subsequently collapsed onto the motorway, resulting in the death of one person.
Experts identified both a technical fault on the vehicle and driver negligence as contributing factors to the accident.
According to the Luxemburger Wort, the National Roads Administration alone is claiming more than €500,000 in compensation for the destruction of the gantry and the associated repair works. In addition, procedural costs amount to over €36,000. Judges have requested a further expert assessment in relation to an additional compensation claim.
