The road accident occurred on 16 July at 11.10 am on Stepan Bandera Street in the district centre.
Law enforcement officers have preliminarily established that the driver of a VAZ-2107, a 78-year-old local resident, hit a 76-year-old woman, a resident of Chervonohrad, who was crossing the roadway on a pedestrian crossing. As a result, the woman was injured and taken to hospital.
Investigators of the Chervonohrad District Police Department opened criminal proceedings over the incident under Part 1 of Article 286 (Violation of the rules of road safety) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty provided for by the sanction of the article is restraint of liberty for up to three years, with 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