The traffic accident happened on July 20, around 6:00 p.m., on the Borinya – Mokhnate highway in the village of Nizhne Vysotske, Sambir district.
As previously established by the law enforcement officers, a 26-year-old local resident, driving a VAZ 2107 car, lost control, drove to the side of the road, collided with a metal fence, and then drove into a house.
As a result of the accident, the passenger of the car, a 42-year-old resident of the district, received bodily injuries and was hospitalized.
It was established that the driver of “Zhyguly” was intoxicated – 1.8 ppm was found in his blood.
According to the fact, the investigators of the police department No. 2 of the Sambir district police department opened criminal proceedings under part 1 of article 286-1 (Violation of the rules of road traffic safety or operation of transport by persons driving vehicles while intoxicated) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a term of three to five years
A pre-trial investigation is being conducted, law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police