On the road between the villages of Novyi Vytkiv and Korchyn in the Sheptytskyi district, a road traffic collision involving two SUVs occurred on 12 November, as a result of which a 4-year-old girl was killed. This was reported under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
According to preliminary investigation data, at around 14:00 a 43-year-old driver of a Mercedes-Benz ML 350 on a curved section of the road drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with an Audi Q5 driven by a 29-year-old man. His 4-year-old daughter was in the Audi.
The child suffered severe injuries and was taken to the intensive care unit of a hospital, but she died in less than three hours. The drivers of both vehicles were not injured.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the violation of road traffic safety rules that led to the victim’s death (Part 2 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The driver of the Mercedes-Benz ML 350 has been detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, and a decision is being made on serving him with a notice of suspicion. The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv region.