Tomas Delgado, a driver in Madrid, Spain, who killed a cyclist in 2004, is suing the victim's family for 20,000 euros for damages to his car from the impact of the body, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Friday.
Delgado claimed the 17-year-old boy's body and bicycle caused 14,000 euros worth of damage to the car, according to El Pais. In addition, Delgado asked for another 6,000 euros to cover the costs of rental cars he used while his car was being repaired.
"I'm also a victim in all this," Delgado said to El Pais. "You can't fix the lad's problems, but you can fix mine."
The family of the victim has already received 33,000 euros compensation from Delgado's insurance company, who determined that speed could have been a factor in the boy's death.
-CHRISTOPHER COTTRELL
