The police were able to take the samples for examination by court order. The driver faces up to 10 years in prison.
Law enforcement officers of the Chernihiv region reported a suspicion to a local resident of committing fatal accident in Bakhmach. The man, having knocked down a cyclist on a car, tried to escape from the scene of the accident. About it informs press service of the regional police.
“The police charge the detainee with violation of traffic safety rules while intoxicated. The driver faces up to 10 years in prison,” the statement said.
It is noted that the driver categorically refused to conduct a medical examination for alcohol or drug intoxication. According to the court ruling, the police forcibly took blood and urine samples from him for examination.
The pre-trial investigation continues.
The media named the name of the driver who hit the cyclist. It turned out to be 54-year-old Viktor Mischuk, a deputy of the Bakhmach city council from the Native House faction, according to the TSN report.
We will remind, near Nikolaev after an accident the car was driving with a downed pedestrian on the roof.
Before that in Kiev a locomotive rammed a car with a child inside and dragged the car several meters.
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