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Charges dropped against truck driver after fatal crash involving police trainee

From DR Nyheder · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • Prosecutors dropped charges against the truck driver involved in the January 29 crash near Aabenraa.
  • A 43-year-old male police trainee died, and a 25-year-old female trainee suffered serious injuries.
  • Prosecutors said the evidence did not provide sufficient grounds to bring or maintain a criminal case.

Danish prosecutors have dropped the case against a truck driver who struck two police trainees on the Southern Jutland Motorway.

The crash occurred near Aabenraa after the trainees responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident caused by slippery conditions. They were standing outside their patrol car when the truck hit them.

The collision killed a 43-year-old male police trainee and seriously injured a 25-year-old female trainee. Prosecutors later charged the driver with negligent manslaughter and negligently causing bodily injury.

Special prosecutor Line Dam Godtfredsen said the evidence did not support continuing the criminal proceedings. “It is the prosecution’s assessment that the evidence in the case does not provide sufficient grounds to bring charges or maintain a criminal case against him,” she said in a written response to Ritzau.

It is the prosecution’s assessment that the evidence in the case does not provide sufficient grounds to bring charges or maintain a criminal case against him.

— Line Dam GodtfredsenThe special prosecutor explained why charges against the truck driver were dropped.
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Originally published by DR Nyheder in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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