Spaniard Tomas Delgado is suing the family of seventeen-year-old Enaitz Iriondo, a cyclist he was involved in a fatal accident with, for damages to his Audi A8:

Businessman Tomas Delgado says 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo caused 14,000 Euros (£10,384) of damage to his Audi A8 in the fatal 2004 crash in La Rioja region, the El Pais newspaper reported.

Delgado, who has faced no criminal charges for the incident, wants a further 6,000 Euros (£4,450) to cover the cost of hiring another vehicle while his car was being repaired, El Pais said.

The youth had been cycling alone at night without reflective clothing or a helmet, according to a police report cited by El Pais.

His family won 33,000 Euros (£24,479)compensation from Delgado’s insurance company after the firm acknowledged he had been driving at excessive speed and this could have contributed to the incident, El Pais reported.

“I’m also a victim in all of this, you can’t fix the lad’s problems, but you can fix mine,” Delgado told the newspaper, ahead of a January 30 legal decision on his suit.

We hear you. This reminds us of the time some ragamuffin riffraff elbowed us on Bedford. He was wearing, like, Birkenstocks. And cargo pants! Clearly, he was a fashion victim, but we were also a victim in all of this. He touched us. While wearing cargo pants! Why do you even need all those pockets? So we shived him. And in the process, got a little splatter on our skinny jeans. So we sued his family. And then set them on fire.

Spanish driver sues dead cyclist for damages after fatal crash [Mail on Sunday]