The accident occurred on 16 October, around 18.20, on Shevchenko Street in Stryi.
Law enforcement officers have preliminarily established that the driver of a Ford Focus, a 44-year-old resident of Stryi, hit two pedestrians, local residents aged 12 and 13.
As a result of the accident, the girls were injured and taken to medical institutions.
Investigators of the Stryi District Police Department opened criminal proceedings 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 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.
Law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
Lviv regional police communication department