A 33-year-old driver who has run over two 12-year-old guys will be tried in Kharkiv. Schoolchildren were crossing an unregulated pedestrian crossing when they were hit by a truck .
According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the accident occurred on the afternoon of October 4 in Kharkiv. A man driving a DAF XS truck with a semitrailer was driving on Bolshaya Koltsevaya Street.
The driver did not slow down when the car approached the pedestrian crossing. The vehicle ran over two 12-year-old boys.
The schoolchildren were taken to the hospital, but one of them died without even regaining consciousness . The second guy received numerous injuries.
The pre-trial investigation has been completed. An indictment was sent to the court against a man under article 286 (Violation of road safety rules resulting in the death of a victim) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The greatest punishment under this article is imprisonment for a term of three to eight years with possible deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for up to three years.
