A cleric of the UOC was convicted of causing a fatal car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol in the Khmelnitsky region, the press service of the Khmelnitsky regional prosecutor's office reported on Monday.
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"The court found the UOC cleric guilty of violating traffic safety rules committed under the influence of alcohol, resulting in the death of a person (Part 3 of Article 2861 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the report says.
the accident occurred on December 26, 2023 near the village of Mushkutintsy, Kamianets-Podilsky district. As it was established during the pre-trial investigation and proved by the prosecutor in court, the 49-year-old driver of a BMW X5 car, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, drove into oncoming traffic, where he collided with a VAZ 21110 car driven by a 46-year-old man. As a result of the accident, the latter received injuries, from which he died the next day.
"The driver was sentenced to 5 years in prison with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for 5 years," the prosecutor's office said.
The verdict of the court has not entered into legal force and can be appealed on appeal.