The accident occurred on 6 June 2014 during the loading and unloading of cars at the AET terminal. A shuttle bus, with seven people on board, was seized in the flank by a van. That van, a Ford Transit, had been unloaded shortly before by dock worker Matthias H. (29). The driver of the shuttle bus, Patrick Huijbregst, did not survive the blow. Four other colleagues were seriously injured and had to rehabilitate for months. Matthias H. had to come to account yesterday at the police court. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the dock worker drove 79 kilometers per hour in a forbidden direction at a location where only 30 kilometers per hour were admitted according to the internal regulations and he also ignored the priority rules.
According to the attorney of Matthias H. his client rode in the tail of the convoy and the speed was determined by the first driver in the queue. "The rules of precedence on the ground were not really clear to anyone," argues lawyer Willy Dierickx. According to him, it was especially important to load and load as quickly as possible.
The Public Prosecution Service nevertheless claimed three years in prison yesterday, five years' driving ban, 6,000 euros fine and all tests. The fatal accident was not the only case for which Mathias H. had to answer in the police court. On September 10 last year he put into danger at the parking lot of youth house Togenblik in Beveren young people with his motorcycle. He fled when civilian agents tried to stop him. Mathias H. turned out to have cannabis and 1.54 percent alcohol in the blood. For the facts at the youth house, the docker was sentenced to two months driving ban, 1.800 euro fine and medical and psychological tests. An expert is also appointed who must investigate whether he is still physically fit to steer. (PKM)
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