A driver who caused a road accident with four fatalities in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv has been served a notice of suspicion, the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office reported on Saturday, UNN writes.
Under the procedural guidance of juvenile prosecutors of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, a 49-year-old driver was served a notice of suspicion for violating road safety rules that caused the death of four people. The driver's actions are qualified under Part 3 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
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It was established that on June 5, 2026, at around 5:00 p.m., the driver, operating a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, was traveling along Chokolivskyi Boulevard at an excessive speed. On a curved section of the road, he veered off the roadway and crashed into an underpass where people were present.
As a result of the accident, four pedestrians – two district police officers, a woman, and a 12-year-old boy – died on the spot. Three other people sustained physical injuries.
"The driver himself sustained physical injuries that are not life-threatening. He has been detained and is under guard in a hospital ward. It was established that at the time of the accident, the man was sober," the prosecutor's office stated.
As noted by the prosecutor's office, "at the same time, since January 2025, he has been brought to administrative responsibility 5 times for speeding, and fined another 5 times for other traffic violations. That is, in total, the driver has 10 fines over the last 1.5 years."
"In addition to the notice of suspicion, he was served with a motion to select a preventive measure in the form of detention without the alternative of bail," the prosecutor's office indicated.
For causing a fatal accident, the driver faces imprisonment for a term of up to ten years with the deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a term of up to three years.
Addendum
As reported by UNN, the driver of the car was a 49-year-old native of the Kherson region, a leader of a Baptist church, who had been repeatedly held accountable for speeding and causing traffic accidents.