A young woman was killed and five people, including a young child, were injured in an accident in the Lviv region. This was reported on Facebook by the regional police, UNN reports.
"One person died as a result of the car collision. Five others, including a 13-year-old boy, were taken to intensive care," the police said.
The accident occurred late in the evening on January 6 on the Kyiv-Chop road near the village of Pasiky-Zubrytsky, Lviv district.
It has been preliminarily established that the driver of a Skoda Fabia, a 30-year-old resident of a village in the district, lost control, drove into oncoming traffic, where he collided with a car of the same model driven by a 21-year-old resident of Lviv district.
The driver of the car died on the spot from her injuries, and the passengers of the car, a 22-year-old Lviv resident and two residents of the district - a 23-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman - were taken to intensive care with injuries.
The driver of the other car and his passenger, a 13-year-old resident of Lviv district, were also injured and taken to intensive care.
The driver who committed the fatal accident has been detained, and the court will soon choose a measure of restraint.
Investigators opened a criminal proceeding over the accident under Part 2 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Violation of traffic safety rules). The investigation is under way.