Andorran Court Acquits Woman of Reckless Driving After Epileptic Seizure Ruled Cause of 2022 Crash

The Court of Corts has acquitted a 45-year-old woman accused of reckless driving after determining that her vehicle's wrong-way driving and crash four years ago likely resulted from a sudden epileptic seizure.

The incident occurred in June 2022 on the Anyós road, where the driver entered a roundabout against traffic, continued in the wrong direction, and collided with a wall. Several other vehicles swerved to avoid her, creating what prosecutors described as serious risk to road users. No one was injured.

The woman, who has been diagnosed with focal epilepsy and under medical follow-up for years, testified that she remembered nothing of the event and attributed it to a sudden disconnection episode. Her defence argued that the abrupt acceleration, wrong-way entry into the roundabout, and loss of control pointed to an epileptic crisis with no rational alternative explanation.

Prosecutors from the Andorran Fiscalia disagreed, seeking a 15-month suspended prison sentence, two-year driving ban, and €1,500 fine. They maintained the maneuvers showed coherence inconsistent with loss of consciousness, reflecting deliberate temerity.

After weighing medical evidence and trial testimony, the court this morning ruled that penal responsibility could not be sufficiently proven. It accepted the defence's account of an involuntary medical episode, absolved her of all charges, closed the case without penalties, and declared court costs covered by the state.