In Kyiv today, a farewell ceremony was held for 12-year-old Hryhorii-Fedir Glushych – a teenager who died in a traffic accident that occurred in the Solomianskyi district of the capital on June 5. This is reported by UNN.
First, the boy was bid farewell in the courtyard of the school where he studied.
And at 1:00 PM, the funeral service began at St. Michael's Cathedral. People brought fresh white flowers to the farewell ceremony for the deceased boy, as requested earlier by Hryhorii-Fedir's relatives.
During the farewell ceremony, teachers, classmates, and family acquaintances shared their memories of the teenager.
Hryhorii-Fedir's homeroom teacher told journalists that on the day of his death, the teenager came to class to pick up his personal belongings. The students were going on summer break and were supposed to go on a hiking trip in a few days.
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Addendum
The 49-year-old driver was notified of suspicion of 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.
It was established that on June 5, 2026, at around 5:00 PM, 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 underground passage 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 was detained and remained 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."
As reported by UNN, the person behind the wheel 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.