Motorist sues his victim’s family
A speeding motorist who killed a teenage cyclist sued the boy’s parents over damage to his luxury car.
Enaitz Iriondo, 17, died instantly in August 2004 when businessman Tomas Delgado’s Audi A8 hit him at about 100 mph near Haro, an Interior Ministry traffic report said. The speed limit was 56.
It was dark, and Iriondo was not wearing reflective clothing or a helmet, so a court found both parties at fault.
Delgado, whose insurance paid Iriondo’s parents $48,500 in compensation, filed a suit in 2006 to recover $29,400 in damages and car rental costs, the newspaper El Pais said.
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