Near the village of Velyka Horozhanka in the Stryi district, a fatal road traffic collision occurred in which a 31-year-old pedestrian was killed. Police in the Lviv region have identified and located the driver involved in the collision.
According to law enforcement officers, the collision took place on 2 November at around 21:40. Preliminary findings indicate that an unidentified driver, behind the wheel of an unidentified vehicle, ran over a 31-year-old resident of one of the villages in the Stryi district and left the scene. The man died at the scene from his injuries.
Criminal investigation officers and staff from other units of Police Station No.2 of the Stryi District Police Department, as well as detectives from the criminal investigation department and other divisions of the Lviv region police, were involved in the search for the driver.
As a result of the measures carried out, law enforcement officers identified the suspected perpetrator of the collision – a 65-year-old resident of Yavoriv district who was driving a Volvo lorry. The vehicle involved in the collision was seized and taken to a secure impound site.
Investigators from the department for the investigation of transport-related offences of the investigative directorate of the Lviv region police have opened criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of road safety regulations). The article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three to eight years, with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for up to three years or without such deprivation. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.