Large-scale accident near Lviv: three cars collide, killing 7 people
Kyiv • UNN
A BMW, a DAF and a Mercedes Sprinter collided on the Ternopil-Lviv-Rava-Ruska highway. The accident killed 7 passengers in the minibus, and injured three other people and hospitalized them.
Seven people were killed and three injured in a large-scale road accident near Lviv, police are investigating, UNN reports, citing the Main Department of the National Police in Lviv region.
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The accident occurred today, December 15, at 05:30 a.m. on the Ternopil-Lviv-Rava-Ruska highway near the village of Chyzhykiv, Lviv district.
As the police have preliminarily established, three vehicles collided: a BMW, a DAF road train, and a Mercedes Sprinter minibus.
Seven people died on the spot from the injuries sustained in the accident - passengers of the Mercedes Sprinter minibus, whose identities are being clarified. In addition, three people were injured - a 45-year-old truck driver, a 39-year-old minibus driver and his 23-year-old passenger. They were hospitalized in Lviv hospitals and are being diagnosed.
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Investigators of the Transport Crimes Investigation Department of the Lviv Police Investigation Department opened criminal proceedings over the accident under Part 3 of Art. 286 (Violation of the rules of road safety or operation of transport by persons driving vehicles) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of three to eight years with or without deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for up to three years. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
