Court denies arrest of Porsche driver who killed app driver in SP

Summary
The request for arrest of the businessman suspected of causing an accident that killed an app driver, in São Paulo, was denied by the Court of Justice. The suspect was driving a Porsche that collided with the victim’s car.

O arrest request against Fernando Sastre de Andrade Filho25 years old, suspected of causing a accident that resulted in the death of an app driver in Sao Paulo, was denied by the São Paulo Court of Justice. The young man was driving a Porsche that crashed into the victim’s car, and he will answer for intentional homicide, bodily injury It is escape after the collision.

The suspect, a real estate businessman, is identified as responsible for colliding a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS carvalued at R$1 million, in Renault Sandero modeldriven by Orlando da Silva Viana, 52 years old, in the early hours of Sunday, the 31st. Viana, who was an app driver, succumbed to his injuries and died.

The request for the driver’s arrest occurred on Monday, 1st, after appearing and giving a statement at the 30th Police District of Tatuapé, in the capital of São Paulo. “The police authority represented by the decree of his temporary arrest and awaits the appreciation of the Judiciary”, said the SSP to the Earth.

However, according to the businessman’s defense, represented by Carine Acardo Garcia and Merhy Daychoum, the request was denied by the courts. “The precautionary measure was denied by the court on duty, due to failure to meet the requirements authorizing such arrest,” he stated in a note.

Still according to the statement, Andrade Filho did not flee the scene, “since help was already being provided to the other victims”, and the military police had already qualified him in the incident and released him to seek medical attention.

“However, due to a well-founded fear of suffering lynching, since at that moment he began to suffer “virtual lynching”, as well as due to the shock caused by the accident and the news of the death of the driver of the other vehicle, his protection was necessary”, day the note.

Furthermore, the lawyers state that it is “premature” to judge the causes of the accident, as the expert reports carried out have not yet been completed, and they treat the case as a “fatality”.

“Finally, we inform you that we are contacting the family of the deceased, Mr. Ornaldo, in order to provide our solidarity, as well as necessary assistance. Obviously, the loss will not be repaired, but we will at least provide the necessary support at this time of such fatality”, he concludes.

The accident

The rear-end collision occurred around 2am on Sunday, on Avenida Salim Farah Maluf, in the capital of São Paulo. Witnesses informed the Civil Police that the 25-year-old businessman, who was driving the Porsche, was traveling at high speed along the road, which has a limit of 50 km/h, and, when overtaking, lost control of the vehicle.

He would have crashed into the back of a Sandero, driven by the app driver. The driver was taken to Tatuapé Hospital with cardiopulmonary arrest. He died from “multiple trauma”.

The 22-year-old passenger of the Porsche was also injured and was taken to São Luiz Hospital.

Military police officers who responded to the case informed the Civil Police that Andrade Filho’s mother arrived at the scene and said she would take her son to Hospital São Luiz, located in Ibirapuera, to treat a wound in the mouth.

When the agents went to the hospital to do a breathalyzer test and get their version of the accident, they didn’t find either of them.

In a note to Terra, the Public Security Secretariat informed that the priority in cases of traffic accidents is to guarantee the rescue of victims and preserve the accident site — which was done by the PMs. Police officers also searched the suspect’s residence, but he had not been found.

Source: Redação Terra