Road accident in Velikaya Mikhailovka, Odessa region: driver hit a cyclist to death – Ukraine

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 2, in the village of Bolshaya Mikhailovka, Razdelnyansky district, Odessa region, Traffic accident – killed a 33-year-old local resident who was riding diapers on a bicycle for his 10-month-old son.

The relatives of the deceased told TSN.ua, what the car was allegedly driven by the son of a former police officer. After running over a cyclist to death, tried to escape and hide the body. Just as he was putting the body in the trunk of his car, a woman who lived nearby saw him and started screaming. The driver quickly got into the car and began to flee.

He drove about a kilometer and fixed a new accident – A car crashed into a bridge post.

“After that, he threw the body to the side of the road and started hitting his head; both were supposedly driving in a car and had an accident together, ”said a relative of the late Valentín.

The police stopped the driver, is stopped. A police source told TSN.ua that biomaterial samples were taken from the detained driver for investigation; previously, he was intoxicated.

“According to preliminary information, a 30-year-old driver of a foreign car, without being attentive to the wheel and without choosing a safe speed, collided with a bicycle that was moving in the same direction. in the trunk and tried to escape the scene. However, after a kilometer and a half he had an accident, hitting an obstacle, “said the communication department of the police in the Odessa region in a statement.

The police added that “for this fact, criminal proceedings have been initiated under part 2 of article 286 (violation of traffic safety regulations or the operation of vehicles by people who operate vehicles) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine The driver was arrested in accordance with Article 208 of the Ukrainian Code of Criminal Procedure.After the arrest, the suspect was taken to a medical institution to undergo an alcohol and drug intoxication test.