The traffic accident happened on January 12, around 11:30 a.m., at the intersection of Horodotska and Khotynska streets in Lviv.
As previously established by the law enforcement officers, the driver of the MAN car, a 57-year-old man from Lviv, hit a pedestrian, a 75-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 territorial unit of the police of the Lviv region opened criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 286 (Violation of traffic safety rules) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a term of up to three years or without it.
Law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police