A road traffic collision in which two people were injured occurred on 31 October at around 17:35 on the Mukachevo–Ivano-Frankivsk–Rohatyn–Lviv highway near the village of Lany in Lviv district. The National Police of Ukraine reported the incident.
According to preliminary police findings, a Volkswagen Jetta driven by a 59-year-old Lviv resident collided with a Hyundai Tucson driven by a 48-year-old resident of Kharkiv.
As a result of the crash, passengers in the Volkswagen Jetta, a 55-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man from Lviv, sustained bodily injuries and were taken to hospital.
Police are also looking into the possible involvement of an Audi Q8, whose driver, according to initial information, may have breached the Highway Code. Officers are working to identify this driver.
A pre-trial investigation is under way as part of criminal proceedings initiated by investigators from police station No. 2 of Lviv District Police Department No. 2 under the procedural guidance of Pustomyty District Prosecutor’s Office under Part 1 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (breach of road safety rules). The offence carries a penalty of up to three years’ restricted liberty with disqualification from driving for up to three years.
A comprehensive forensic examination has been commissioned and is being carried out by experts from the Lviv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. Its findings are expected to establish all the circumstances of the collision and the role of each party involved.