Collision between a road train and a car in Lviv region: police establish circumstances
The road accident occurred on 9 July 2024 at about 12.50 am on the T1425 road near the village of Batiatychi, Lviv district.
As law enforcement officers have preliminarily established, a DAF road train driven by a 24-year-old resident of a village in the district collided with an Opel Astra driven by a resident of a neighbouring village of the same age as the driver of the road train. As a result of the collision, four passengers of the Opel car – children aged 2, 5, 6 and 15 – were taken to hospital.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings over the incident under Part 1 of Article 286 (Violation of traffic safety rules) 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