He was running away from the police and rammed a car with teenagers. The court had no doubts about the drunk tow truck driver

The accident occurred in August 2025 in the town of Grochowe in the poviat. Mielec (Podkarpackie). The indictment shows that Artur C. went to his brother-in-law, started a fight, during which he threatened to kill him and violated his bodily integrity.

He left the property in a tow truck. He did not stop for a police check and started to run away. During the chase, led by two police cars, Artur C., leaving the minor road, failed to give way and hit a Seat passenger car that was driving correctly.

The youngest victim was 12 years old

The teenagers driving the car died on the spot: 19-year-old Dominika, her 12-year-old brother Grzegorz and 18-year-old Mike, a German citizen, who was driving the car. After the accident, Artur C. started to run away on foot. He was detained by the police.

During the investigation, he admitted to the acts he was accused of, except for making criminal threats and violating his bodily integrity.

The prosecutor's office accused Artur C. of causing a traffic accident while under the influence of alcohol and under the influence of intoxicants, resulting in the death of three people. The man was also responsible for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of drugs, failure to comply with an order to stop a motor vehicle, making criminal threats and violating bodily integrity.

Total sentence of 20 years in prison

The court found him guilty of all the charges and sentenced him to a total of 20 years' imprisonment. Of the partial penalties, he imposed the highest penalty - 18 years in prison - for causing a fatal road accident.

The court also imposed a lifetime driving ban on 44-year-old Artur C. and sent him to addiction therapy. He also ordered him to pay damages of PLN 50,000 to each of his parents. PLN for each child.

Artur C., by court decision, is also banned from contacting his brother-in-law for two years and from approaching him within 50 meters.

The prosecutor and the representative of the subsidiary prosecutors, i.e. the victims' families, demanded 25 years of imprisonment for the accused. In his last words, the accused apologized to the victims' families. He asked the court - just like the defense attorney - for a lenient sentence.

Judge on the "shocking" scale of violations of road safety rules

In the oral justification of the judgment, Judge Anna Krawczuk emphasized that the scale of violations of road safety rules committed by the accused and the crimes committed was shocking.

She indicated that he was driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, significantly exceeded the speed limit and did not stop for a police check, and did not give way, which led to the death of three people "who did not violate any regulations, drove correctly and drove on the road with the right of way."

The result of the death of three people cannot be reversed, even if the accused wanted to, unfortunately there is nothing he can do to bring these three people back to life, the judge noted.

She pointed out that the accused had been punished many times in the past for driving under the influence of alcohol and had not drawn any conclusions from it.