Driver who hit a police officer and fled the scene detained in Kyiv
Kyiv • UNN
A police officer was hospitalized after he was hit by a Ford car in Kyiv. The driver was tracked down and now faces up to three years in prison.
In Kyiv, a driver driving a Ford hit a patrol policeman. У police opened a criminal investigation, UNN reports with reference to the Kyiv police.
On the evening of November 24, the Kyiv City Police Department received information, that on Kharkivske Shosse Street, the driver of a Ford had hit an officer of the of the Patrol Police Department, who was processing a traffic accident. accident.
As a result of the accident, the police officer was injured and hospitalized. injuries and was hospitalized. The driver fled the scene.
A special police operation was immediately launched in the city. operation was immediately launched in the city, as a result of which the driver was detained on Horlivska Street. He refused to undergo He refused to undergo a medical examination.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings over the incident under ч. 1 of Article 286-1 (Violation of the rules of road safety or operation of of transport by persons driving vehicles in a state of intoxication) and Part 1 of Art. 1 of Article 135 (Leaving in danger) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The driver was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the CPC of Ukraine. According to the sanction of the articles, he may face up to three years in prison with deprivation of in prison with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for up to five years.
