As a result of the accident, 28 people, all passengers of the minibus, three of whom were children, were injured.
The traffic accident occurred on January 17 at around 5:30 p.m. on the highway “Kyiv-Chop” near the village of Gamalivka, Lviv district.
As the law enforcement officers have previously established, the driver of the “MAN” truck with a semi-trailer, a 49-year-old resident of Khmelnytskyi region, while leaving the main road, did not give way to a BAZ shuttle bus driven by a 41-year-old resident of one of the villages of the Lviv district, as a result of which a collision occurred . The impact caused the bus to overturn on its side.
At the time of the road accident, there were 38 passengers in the minibus – 28 of them were injured. The age of the victims is from 3 to 83 years (one of the injured is a minor aged 3 and two are minors aged 10 and 17), all residents of Lviv and the region.
According to the fact, the investigators of the Department of Investigation of Crimes in the Field of Transport of the Investigative Department of the Lviv Oblast Police opened criminal proceedings under part 2 of Article 286 (Violation of traffic safety rules) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a period of three to eight years with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a period of up to three years or without it.
The driver of the truck was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, the court will soon choose a preventive measure for him.
A pre-trial investigation is being conducted, law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.