The 19-year-old woman cried when she appeared in Hordaland district court on Monday morning. Here she has to answer the indictment for the drive with what she describes as her best friend on Osterøy last August. – I have such a bad conscience and such pain inside. It was Lena Maria Aase (18) who lost her life in the accident. She was in the car with the now 19-year-old woman. She is now charged with negligently causing the death of another. Section 281 of the Penal Code can result in imprisonment. The day after the accident, young people on Osterøy drove in a motorcade to remember the 18-year-old. There was a very tense atmosphere in court when those involved in the accident explained themselves on the first day of the case. Friends and fellow students drove a cortege in Valestrandvegen on Osterøy after a young woman lost her life in a traffic accident. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news – It would never have happened if I hadn’t kapp In court, the woman told that she lost control of the car because an animal got in the way. She doesn’t know for sure what it was, but thinks it was a cat. – I sputtered a lot. I’ve never been scared by anything like that before, she said. She must have maintained a speed of at least 104 km/h in a 60-zone in Valestrandsvegen on Osterøy. Nevertheless, she believes that the fatal accident was only due to an accident. Police attorney Rune Malt is the prosecutor in the case. He asked: – Would you have handled the situation better at a lower speed? – I do not know. This would never have happened if I hadn’t run, she replied. Police attorney Rune Malt (left) is the prosecutor in the case. Here he stands with the woman’s defender, lawyer Kjetil Ottesen. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news Reacted on the fly The accident happened when five young people were going to the shop on a Saturday evening in August last year. The two women were in one car. Their boyfriends and a friend were driving another car. Oncoming motorists reacted to their speed. – I got a bit of a pull when I met the first car. I thought “that was close”. Then I see another car, a witness told the court. In a left curve, the defendant lost control of the car. The car hit a boulder, rolled around and came to rest on its roof. The car sustained extensive material damage in the collision. Lena Maria Aase (18) died immediately from the injuries she sustained. Cecilie Wallevik is a legal aid lawyer who says that it is a big additional burden that the defendant does not plead guilty. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news Remembering that no one answered when she called Lena’s boyfriend explained that he took two laps in the roundabout while he was waiting for them to catch up. When the friends did not come, they drove back to look for them. When he arrives at the scene of the accident, he sees that the car is upside down. – I shout and ask where Lena is, but no one answers me, he explained, choking back tears. He says that the defendant’s girlfriend comes up to him and says something to which he reacts. – She said that I had to say that an animal or something got in the way. Lena was still in the car, and that’s what she thought about, he said. Assistance lawyer Cecilie Wallevik says that it is a great additional burden for the family that the defendant does not acknowledge the actual circumstances or criminal guilt. Photo: Therese Pisani / news Has lost contact with friends The defendant said that not a day goes by without her thinking about the bang. She also said that she has lost contact with the friends she had before the accident. – I feel that they do not want to have anything to do with me, she said. The day after the fatal accident, friends and fellow students drove in a motorcade. Several gathered, cried and laid flowers at the scene of the accident. Neighbors along the road flew their flags at half mast.
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– I feel so bad inside – news Vestland
