Reykjavik court acquits driver in fatal Lækjargata crash
Thursday 12th November 2026 on 14:46 in
Iceland
Reykjavik District Court has acquitted a man of negligent homicide over a 2023 crash in which a van driver died, mbl.is reports.
The man was accused of driving a telescopic handler into another vehicle at the intersection of Lækjargata and Vonarstræti, with its forks about 70 centimetres above the ground. He was also initially accused of driving under the influence of sedative medication.
The medication-related part of the charge was dropped at the start of the main hearing. The level of medication in the man’s blood was below the new legal impairment thresholds, and he had a prescription for it.
A report by the Transport Accident Investigation Board said the main cause of the crash was that the van driver was under the influence of drugs. It also cited the driver’s failure to yield and his driving into the path of the work vehicle.
The court delivered its ruling this morning, but it has not yet been published. Hjördís Halldórsdóttir, the man’s lawyer, confirmed the outcome to mbl.is.