A driver struck a pedestrian and fled the scene in Kyiv region: a prosecutor is implicated in the case

A prosecutor from the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine was detained in the Kyiv region on suspicion of causing a fatal crash. The accident occurred on the evening of October 15 near the village of Stavyshche. A 36-year-old man was killed.

According to preliminary information, the driver of a Renault struck a pedestrian and then left the scene. The victim’s body was found on the morning of October 16 near a public transport stop not far from the M-05 highway.

That same day, the prosecutor contacted law enforcement. He admitted to being involved in the crash and indicated where the car that had allegedly struck the pedestrian was located.

At the time of the incident, the prosecutor was on childcare leave and was not performing his official duties. He was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

A notice of suspicion is now being prepared under Part 2 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This provision concerns violations of traffic safety rules by a driver that result in a victim’s death. The authorities are also considering whether to place the prosecutor in pretrial detention.

We previously reported:

• Driving a friend’s car: driver fatally hits a cyclist and flees in the Mykolaiv region
• Caught drunk repeatedly and banned from driving, but got behind the wheel again: driver in fatal crash to stand trial
• Driver fatally hits a cyclist and flees in the Mykolaiv region: police search for the driver
• Ran over a woman with a truck but remained behind the wheel: Mykolaiv driver gets a three-year suspended sentence
• Drunk driver fatally hits a man in the Mykolaiv region, takes him to a neighbor’s house, and hides the car in a hangar