The accident occurred on 25 August at around 20.00 on the Lviv-Rohatyn-Ivano-Frankivsk-Mukachevo motorway in the town of Bibrka.
Law enforcement officers have preliminarily established that the driver of a MAN tractor, a 28-year-old Lviv resident, hit a pedestrian, a local resident aged 57. As a result of the collision, the man was injured and died at the scene.
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