The judge said it had been
proven that the 25-
year-old suspect had
caused the accident by driving while “distracted and without looking where she was going”.
The judge said that the fact that the windscreen had steamed-up meant the driver should have “slowed down or stopped”.
However, the court decided that the insurer should pay the widower and the children about €380,000 in compensation.
During the trial, the accused admitted she had been distracted trying to clear the steamed-up window and did not see the family on their bikes.
The crash slammed the woman against the car windscreen and she was carried about 50m on the van bonnet, while the children, a girl of five and a 10-year-old boy, were immediately thrown into a ditch.
The woman died of her injuries at the scene, while the two young children were taken to a local hospital for treatment.