Court fines reckless driver QR10,000, suspends licence

A Doha Criminal Court has fined an Iranian expatriate man QR10,000 and ordered the suspension of his driving licence for a month because of his reckless driving injuring two persons.Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday that the convicted motorist was also ordered to pay in collaboration with the insurance company concerned a sum of QR30,000 for the first injured man, who sustained a 30% physical disability due to the incident and QR20,000 to the other for sustaining 10% disability. Based on investigations and the traffic police report, the defendant crossed the road with his vehicle from a byroad without taking the necessary precautions and crashed into the vehicle of the victims and caused them severe injuries.