In Transcarpathia , a

15-year-old passenger on a Geon motorcycle died in a

road accident .

His drunk 23-year-old friend was behind the wheel.

1.7 ppm of alcohol was found in his blood. 

This was reported by the press service of the Zakarpattia police.

The accident happened in the evening in Irshava.

On the spot, the police established that a 23-year-old resident of the village of Ilnytsia, while driving a Geon motorcycle, crossed the oncoming traffic lane, drove onto the sidewalk and crashed into a fence.

"The 15-year-old passenger of the motorcycle, who was without a protective helmet, received bodily injuries from which he died in an ambulance. The driver of the motorcycle was also taken to the hospital with injuries," the report says.

Currently, the 23-year-old driver has been detained in the procedural order and placed in a temporary detention facility.

Investigators have already informed him of the suspicion of committing a crime, provided for in Part 3 of Article

286-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

It will be recalled that two people died in a

road accident

in the Vinnytsia region .

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