The traffic accident occurred on October 24, at 11:10 a.m. on Shevchenko Street in Lviv.
As previously established by the law enforcement officers, the driver of the Opel Zafira car, a 36-year-old man from Lviv, hit a pedestrian, a 78-year-old local woman.
As a result of the accident, an elderly woman was injured and hospitalized.
According to the fact, the investigators of the police department No. 1 of the Lviv district police department No. 1 opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 286 (Violation of traffic safety rules) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty provided for by the article is up to three years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a period of up to three years.
Law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police