Geovanny RO, who was sentenced to 40 months in prison for the crime of wrongful death in a triple crash, must pay fines and compensation to the victims.
The event occurred on December 11, 2022 on the Guayaquil-Santa Elena highway, leaving one person dead and two others injured.
According to the judge’s ruling, Geovanny R. must pay a fine of ten unified basic salaries ($4,500).
In addition, as comprehensive reparation, it will have to pay $13,000 in favor of the victims of the deceased person, $10,000 to the relatives of one of the injured, $5,000 to another injured victim, $1,500 to a minor vendor who was beaten, and $300. for another merchant who was also affected.
Judge sentences Geovanny R. to 40 months in prison for wrongful death in a traffic accident in Santa Elena
The court also ordered the suspension of the driver’s license for forty months.
Geovanny R. received that sentence in an abbreviated procedure hearing held in La Libertad, Santa Elena province. There, the defendant accepted his responsibility and participation in the crime.
The case came to light because the traffic accident was recorded on video by a driver who was traveling at the time of the events, which was broadcast and viralized on social networks.
On the day of the accident, transit personnel detained Geovanny R. and the driver of the other wrecked vehicle, who were transferred to the La Libertad Judicial Unit and placed under the orders of the judicial authorities.
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The following day, the flagrante delicto hearing and filing of charges against Geovanny R. for the crime of wrongful death due to a traffic accident was held. For the other driver involved in the accident, the Prosecutor’s Office did not file charges and she was immediately released
The judge of Criminal Guarantees Leonardo Lastra accepted the evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office and sentenced Geovanny R., who will serve the custodial sentence once the abbreviated procedure sentence is executed.
The Prosecutor’s Office explained that it processed this case based on article 377, subsection 2, numeral 5, of the Comprehensive Criminal Code (COIP), which punishes the crime of wrongful death in a traffic accident with a prison sentence of three to five years. .
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Source: Eluniverso
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