Lviv region: Police detain motorcyclist who caused an accident while being intoxicated
A minor passenger and the driver of a motorcycle were injured in a traffic accident.
The traffic accident occurred on August 4, around 21.00, in the village of Nyzhnya Yablunka, Sambir district.
As law enforcement officers have preliminarily established, the driver of a Forte motorcycle, a 23-year-old resident of one of the villages in the district, lost control and drove into a ditch.
As a result of the accident, the motorcycle driver and his passenger, a 15-year-old resident of Sambir district, were injured and hospitalized.
It was established that the motorcycle driver was driving the vehicle in a state of intoxication. He was detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, and the court will soon choose a type of detention.
Investigators of the Department for Investigation of Crimes in the Field of Transport of the Lviv Police opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 286-1 (Violation of the rules of road safety or operation of transport by persons driving vehicles while intoxicated) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The article provides for imprisonment for up to three years with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a term of three to five years.
Law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.
Lviv regional police communication department