The police officers of the Teleorman Road Service have drawn up a criminal file regarding the commission of the crimes of manslaughter and driving a vehicle under the influence of substances likely to have psychoactive effects, in the case of a road accident that occurred today, around 6:30 p.m., within the radius of the commune peonies
Due to causes and circumstances to be determined from the investigations, while a 32-year-old man from Roșiori de Vede was driving a car on DE 70, he hit a pedestrian, an 82-year-old man, from the commune of Bujoreni, legally engaged in crossing DE 70, on the marked and signalized pedestrian crossing.
Following the road accident, the death of the pedestrian was recorded.
The driver was tested with the alcohol test device, the result being negative, but the result of the DrugTest device showed indications of the possible presence of psychoactive substances, which is why he was taken to a medical unit in order to collect biological samples necessary for establishing with accuracy of the consumption of psychoactive substances.
In the case, a criminal file was drawn up, the investigations being continued in order to accurately establish all the circumstances that led to the accident, under the supervision of the prosecutor’s office.
It should be noted that, in the presented case, the preliminary results provided by the DrugTest machines do not represent evidence in the criminal case and that they only indicate the reasonable suspicion that the tested person has consumed psychoactive substances. The person is taken to a medical facility in order to collect the biological blood samples necessary to accurately determine the consumption of prohibited substances. Also, conducting the criminal investigation is a stage of the criminal process regulated by the Code of Criminal Procedure, an activity that cannot, in any situation, defeat the principle of the presumption of innocence.
