Driver who killed 4 in Berlin after seizure convicted

BERLIN (AP) — A 45-year-old German man has been convicted Thursday of negligent homicide for crashing his Porsche SUV into a group of pedestrians in the center of Berlin and killing four people. The September 2019 incident sparked a debate in Germany about restricting the use of powerful sports utility vehicles in cities. The victims included a 3-year-old boy, his 64-year-old grandmother and a couple in their late 20s. All had been waiting at a traffic light when the driver suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the sidewalk. Prosecutors alleged that the driver shouldn’t not have been behind the wheel because he had recently undergone brain surgery. He received a two-year suspended prison sentence on Thursday.