Olomouc criminal investigators have completed the investigation of a tragic accident, when an eighty-six-year-old passenger lost her life under the wheels of a tram near the Flora exhibition center in mid-September last year.
Tragic accident in Wolkerova Street in Olomouc. A pedestrian was hit by a tram. 14/09/2023
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The police have now charged the thirty-seven-year-old tram driver with manslaughter. He also faces several years in prison.
The tragic accident happened on September 14 last year after 2:00 p.m. at the Výstaviště Flora stop in the direction of travel to Brněnská Street. According to the conclusion of the police investigation, the eighty-six-year-old woman did not have time to get out of the second car of the tram set.
“As a result, the upper half of her body was caught by the closing door, but it did not close. As a result of the contact with the closing door, the senior woman’s stability was ‘thrown’. She did not step on the elevated stop, but fell under the moving tram. The woman succumbed to her injuries on the spot,” police spokeswoman Ivana Skoupilová described the circumstances of the accident.
Olomouc criminal investigators have now launched a criminal prosecution against the thirty-seven-year-old man who was driving the tram on the mentioned day. They accused him of committing the crime of manslaughter.
“The criminal prosecution of the accused is taking place at large. If found guilty and convicted, he faces a prison sentence of up to six years,” added the police spokeswoman.
