The road accident occurred on 17 May, around 20.35, on Naukova Street in Lviv.
As the law enforcement officers have preliminarily established, the driver of a BMW, a 25-year-old Lviv resident, hit a pedestrian, a six-year-old local resident.
As a result of the accident, the boy was injured and hospitalised.
Investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No. 2 opened a criminal proceeding 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 article is up to three years’ restraint of liberty with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for up to three years.
Law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Lviv regional police communication department