Driver admits responsibility over brother’s death

A DRIVER has admitted being responsible for causing the death of his brother in a crash as he was overtaking an articulated lorry near Leamington.

Crying as he did so, Valer Kvec pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to causing the death of Michael Kvec in Europa Way at Greys Mallory by careless driving.

But prosecutor Neil Bannister rejected that plea and said Kvec, 31, of Duddeston Drive, Saltley, Birmingham, will have to stand trial on a more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving, which he has denied.

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The fatal crash took place as Kvec was driving a Honda Accord along Europa way at about 8pm on December 6, with his younger brother next to him and two women in the back.

The Honda was involved in a three-vehicle collision after Kvec tried to overtake an articulated DAF lorry travelling along Europa Way at shortly after 8pm.

There was a Ford Mondeo travelling in the opposite direction towards Leamington at the time, and Michael died in the collision which followed.

Kvec, who appeared in court on crutches and wearing a large neck brace, suffered two broken arms, a broken leg and a broken neck, said his barrister Zaheer Afzal.

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The women also suffered serious injuries, including broken legs, and one of them also sustained a serious head injury, but the Mondeo driver and the driver of the HGV both escaped serious injury.

Mr Afzal applied for Kvec to be granted bail, saying that while he was in hospital his family had not wanted to tell him of his brother’s death because they did not want to hinder his recovery.

He was then arrested on his discharge from hospital, and taken to a police station where he was told Michael had died – so he has not been able to grieve with his family.

Mr Afzal said that because of his injuries Kvec, who listened to the proceedings with the aid of a Romanian interpreter, has difficulties with the stairs in prison and has difficulty getting out of the way when a fight breaks out between other prisoners.

Mr Bannister objected to bail, and Judge Marten Coates adjourned the matter until the police have had time to check the address, and remanded Kvec in custody.

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