In Kyiv, patrol officers used their service weapons to stop a violator's car, which hit a police officer and rammed a service vehicle, reported the patrol police of Ukraine, showing a video, writes UNN.
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As stated, the incident occurred on Budindustrii Street in Kyiv.
"While patrolling the Pechersk district, we noticed an Alfa Romeo car whose driver violated traffic rules. We signaled the driver to stop, but he ignored it and sped up. We followed him. While attempting to stop the driver, he hit a police officer and crashed into a service vehicle," the patrol police reported on social media.
The driver also, as noted, collided with a parked Mercedes vehicle.
"To forcibly stop the vehicle, in accordance with Part 4, Paragraph 7 of Article 46 of the Law of Ukraine 'On the National Police,' patrol officers used their service firearms. As a result of the shooting, there were no injuries," the patrol police stated.
While communicating with the driver, inspectors, as reported, "found signs of alcohol intoxication." "He refused to undergo an examination for intoxication," the report says.
"We found out that the man is driving under the influence for the second time within a year and has been deprived of his driving license by a court decision for drunk driving," the patrol police noted.
Patrol officers detained the man and drew up administrative materials against him: a protocol under Part 1 of Article 122-2 (Failure to comply with a stop demand) of the Code of Administrative Offenses; a protocol under Article 122-4 (Driver leaving the scene of an accident) of the Code of Administrative Offenses; a protocol under Part 2 of Article 130 (Repeated driving of a vehicle while intoxicated within a year) of the Code of Administrative Offenses; a protocol under Part 5 of Article 126 (Repeated driving of a vehicle by a person who does not have the right to drive) of the Code of Administrative Offenses; 2 protocols under Article 124 (Violation of traffic rules that caused an accident) of the Code of Administrative Offenses and handed the man over to investigators, who will further clarify all the circumstances of the incident.
The man was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Regarding his actions, investigators entered information into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations under Part 2 of Article 342 (Resistance to law enforcement officers) of the Criminal Code.