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German Court Sentences US Soldier to 3 Years, 4 Months for Fatal Wrong-Way Crash

Prosecutors retained jurisdiction to enable victim participation under the NATO status‑of‑forces framework.

US-Soldat verurteilt: Alkoholfahrt endete tödlich, Frau starb bei Geisterfahrer-Unfall.
Das Landgericht im rheinland-pfälzischen Trier hat einen US-Soldaten wegen eines tödlichen Falschfahrer-Unfalls zu drei Jahren und vier Monaten Haft verurteilt. Schuldig gesprochen wurde er wegen fahrlässiger Tötung, wie ein Gerichtssprecher sagte.
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Overview

  • The Trier Regional Court on November 26 convicted the 24-year-old of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and intentional endangerment of road traffic.
  • An expert estimated his blood-alcohol level at about 1.6‰ when he drove the wrong way on the A60 in early May.
  • The crash killed a 23-year-old driver and left her two 24-year-old passengers seriously injured.
  • The defendant admitted the allegations and apologized; the defense sought a two-year suspended sentence citing remorse, while prosecutors and victims’ counsel argued for a harsher penalty.
  • The sentence matched the prosecution’s request; he remains in US military custody at Spangdahlem until the verdict is final, after which German authorities will enforce the prison term, and his lawyer said he would likely be discharged from the US Army.