The accident occurred on March 22 at about 18.00 on Shyroka Street.
As law enforcement officers have preliminarily established, the driver of a Chevy Volt, a 47-year-old Lviv resident, was reversing and hit a female pedestrian, also an 87-year-old resident of Lviv. As a result of the collision, the pensioner was injured and taken to the hospital.
Investigators of the Police Department No. 1 of the Lviv District Police Department No. 2 opened criminal proceedings over the incident under Part 1 of Article 286 (Violation of the rules of road safety) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty provided for by the sanction of the article is restraint of liberty for up to three years, with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for up to three years.
The police are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Lviv regional police communication department