In Poltava, a car hit a woman and her two sons at a pedestrian crossing.

A 5-year-old boy

died

as a result of the collision .

This was reported to the Police of Poltava region.

The accident happened on December 27 at around 6:00 p.m. at the intersection of Evropeyska Street and Heroiv ATO Street.

According to the preliminary version of the investigation, a 60-year-old local resident in a Citroën C5 car ran over a woman with her two young children who were crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing.

Unfortunately, as a result of the collision, the 5-year-old boy died on the spot from his injuries.

The woman and her eldest 7-year-old son received minor injuries.

Based on this fact, criminal proceedings were initiated under Part 2 of Article 286 (Violation of traffic safety rules that caused the death of the victim) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The driver was detained, the issue of notifying him of suspicion and selecting a preventive measure is being resolved.

Currently, investigators are establishing all the circumstances and causes of the accident.

We will remind, in the Rivne region, a 24-year-old Jeep Cherokee driver

beat a 3-year-old girl to death in front of her parents

.

The fatal accident occurred on Tuesday, December 13, in the Rivne district.

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