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A truck driver is charged with gross negligence in traffic and causing the death of another after an accident on the E4 outside Norrköping at the end of May.
The truck collided with a so-called TMA vehicle. Such are usually used to warn road users of roadworks. It was the driver of that vehicle, a woman in her 40s, who died, writes Sekotidningen.
The accident occurred when the TMA vehicle was securing the road after a motorist dropped a trailer. According to the prosecution, the truck’s speed must have been around 90 kilometers per hour at the time of the accident. The truck driver is deemed to have been in a “fatigued state” or unfocused on the traffic for some other reason.
A motorist was seriously injured in connection with the accident and therefore the lorry driver is also charged with causing bodily harm.
The Polish truck driver who was suspected of the crimes was himself seriously injured in the accident. The man’s lawyer states that he denies any crime.