Himara accident virtually reconstructed
05/04/2011 19:55
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Independent technical experts have digitally reconstructed frame after frame the car crash that killed Aristotel Guma in Himara, a tragic event that caused ethnic controversial declarations from the Greek state and Greek minorities in Albania.
According to independent experts, 35 year old Aristotel Guma, or Aristides Guma, died as result of a car accident.
The mechanics that shows what really happened in the car accident of August 10th 2010 is submitted at the Vlora Prosecutor office, as additional evidence for the trial of eight Vlora young men.
According to the thorough investigations on the scene and on both crashing vehicles, specialists state that the “Audi A3” driven by the accused Ilir Muka was traveling faster than legal speed limits, in the direction from Himara to Himara Village.
The car and the motorcycle have driven almost in parallel for some meters before the crash. Both vehicles have entered the turn in parallel position. In this turn, for unknown reasons, the motorcycle driver, Aristotel Guma, has maneuvered towards the inside of the road, entering the Audi road space in about 60 centimeters.
The turning motorcycle has firstly contacted the right Audi bumper, and afterwards, the right side of the car has pushed the motorcycle front mudguard.
The motorcycle has fallen on the right, according to the experts, because of the energy given by the car push. The direction of the motorcycle fall differs because of friction forces on the road.
According to the experts, Ilir Muka’s vehicle has had no real possibilities during these few seconds to detect the movement of the motorcycle, which means that there has been no time to react either, by breaking to avoid the accident.
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