In Yalta, the prosecutor's office sent to court a criminal case about an accident that resulted in the death of a person

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In Yalta, the prosecutor’s office approved an indictment in a criminal case against a 44-year-old resident of the city of Anapa. He is accused under paragraph “a” of Part 4 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules by a person driving a car, resulting in the death of a person through negligence, committed by a person in a state of intoxication).

According to investigators, in December last year the man, while intoxicated, began driving a Skoda Octavia. Moving along the Yalta-Sevastopol highway, the accused drove into the lane intended for oncoming traffic, where he collided with a Volkswagen Golf car.

As a result of a traffic accident, the driver of a Volkswagen Golf died at the scene of the accident from his injuries, and his passenger was seriously injured— reported the Crimean prosecutor’s office.

About this accident — in our publications.

With the approved indictment, the criminal case was sent to the Yalta City Court for consideration on the merits. The culprit of a fatal accident faces severe punishment — from 5 to 12 years in prison.

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