Overview

• The 41-year-old driver, identified as Lidwina S. of Nijmegen, received 24 months in prison with 12 months suspended and a five-year driving disqualification.
• Judges concluded she had used amphetamine and dismissed her late claim that colleagues had put speed in her coffee.
• The court labeled her driving very careless and very inattentive, noting the punishment exceeds comparable cases due to her criminal record and drug use.
• Witnesses said the garbage truck paused alongside 14-year-old Esmee at a T-junction before turning right and dragging her under its wheels, where a blind-spot camera could have shown her presence.
• She was acquitted of leaving the scene for lack of proof she noticed the collision, and post-release conditions include five years of probation with reporting, forensic-clinic treatment, an alcohol and drugs ban, and activation of a previously suspended five-week term.