convicted bus driver must watch operation

[Limeoutsider]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - An Argentine bus driver must watch surgery being performed on a traffic accident victim as part of his punishment for striking and killing an 11-year-old boy, a judge said on Friday.



"This is an important legal warning to people who violate transit laws," said Judge Cesar Raul Jimenez of the northern province of Misiones, calling the unusual sentence an "educational measure."


Ramon Rodriguez Dos Santos, 44, was convicted of manslaughter after his bus collided with the child on a scooter.


The judge also barred him from driving for five years and gave him a two-year suspended prison sentence.


Dos Santos must now undergo psychological and physical tests to ensure he can withstand the trauma of watching surgery.


yuck

 

[milagros317]

Personally, I would not at all like to observe surgery. Even less would I like to be the patient.

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

Educational? Yeah, I guess it would be. He'll get to see the damage things like that can do and hopefully be more careful in the future. I just hope they have someone monitoring him during the operation AND that he's outside the actual theater. Otherwise, if he pukes or passes out, he could endanger the victim even more.

Ann