Erasmus student killed by drunk driverLast Friday night two TU Delft architect students were killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver. Mareike Peil (26), an Erasmus student from Germany, and Thomas Dubbink (25), a Dutch student, were cycling on a bike path at approximately 1:30 am when the drunk driver, who was travelling at high speeds, exited the Irenetunnel and struck the students near the Zuidwal.
Both students, who were pronounced dead before the ambulance arrived, died from severe skull fractures. The police were able to apprehend the 27-year old drunk driver as he tried to speed away from the scene of the crime.
TU tries to help asbestos victims
Asbestos victims often die before the court rules on the cases they have brought against their former employers and insurance companies. Court rulings can sometimes takes ten years. Dr. Paul Swuste, from the faculty Technology, Policy and Management, wants to shorten this process by compiling a database of information about the exposure to asbestos in various working environments in the past forty years. This information, which Swuste wants to extract from known measurements in comparable situations and from police files, should help to speed up lawsuits. Swuste hopes that his data will help persuade employers and insurance companies to honour their obligations. “In lawsuits it’s not about what they knew at the time, but what they should have known about the dangers of asbestos,” says Swuste, who is working on this project with the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
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Erasmus student killed by drunk driver
Last Friday night two TU Delft architect students were killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver. Mareike Peil (26), an Erasmus student from Germany, and Thomas Dubbink (25), a Dutch student, were cycling on a bike path at approximately 1:30 am when the drunk driver, who was travelling at high speeds, exited the Irenetunnel and struck the students near the Zuidwal. Both students, who were pronounced dead before the ambulance arrived, died from severe skull fractures. The police were able to apprehend the 27-year old drunk driver as he tried to speed away from the scene of the crime.
TU tries to help asbestos victims
Asbestos victims often die before the court rules on the cases they have brought against their former employers and insurance companies. Court rulings can sometimes takes ten years. Dr. Paul Swuste, from the faculty Technology, Policy and Management, wants to shorten this process by compiling a database of information about the exposure to asbestos in various working environments in the past forty years. This information, which Swuste wants to extract from known measurements in comparable situations and from police files, should help to speed up lawsuits. Swuste hopes that his data will help persuade employers and insurance companies to honour their obligations. “In lawsuits it’s not about what they knew at the time, but what they should have known about the dangers of asbestos,” says Swuste, who is working on this project with the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
If you have short announcements to place, please send them to us at: delta@tudelft.nl
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