The accident occurred on 9 September at about three in the morning on the Kyiv-Chop motorway near the village of Dorohovych, Stryi district.
Law enforcement officers have preliminarily established that the driver of a Mercedes passenger bus, a 55-year-old resident of Rivne region, collided with a Renault road train that was on the roadway.
As a result of the collision, the bus driver was injured and died at the scene. Nine bus passengers, residents of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zakarpattia and Ternopil Oblast, aged 25 to 43, were taken to hospital. Doctors are clarifying their diagnoses.
Investigators of the Transport Crimes Investigation Department of the Lviv Police Investigation Department opened criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 286 (Violation of the rules of road safety or operation of transport by persons driving vehicles) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of three to eight years with or without 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