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Prilutska City-Rayon Court of Chernihiv Oblast found a police officer guilty of a deadly traffic accident in which a 6-year-old girl died and sentenced her to eight years in prison. The woman was also deprived of the right to drive a vehicle for three years. This is reported by Glavkom with reference to the Office of the General Prosecutor.
Public prosecution in the case was supported by Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Logachov. He said that the prosecution side from the start insisted on the maximum punishment for the accused.
The court established that 10 December 2025 year around 11:44, a police officer driving a Mitsubishi Outlander on a call regarding another accident. On Vyacheslava Chornovola Street in Pryluky, the car approached an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing where a woman and her six-year-old daughter were crossing at that moment.
According to the investigation, despite a speed limit on this section of up to 40 km/h, the service vehicle was moving at about 51 – 55 km/h. The vehicle had flashing beacons on, but the audible special signal was not used.
Police established that the driver did not slow down before the pedestrian crossing, did not yield to pedestrians, and did not take timely measures to stop the vehicle. Expertise confirmed that the police officer had a technical possibility to avoid the collision if traffic rules were followed. The court found these violations to be the cause of the accident.
As a result of the accident, the six-year-old girl sustained severe injuries and died. Her mother sustained bodily injuries of moderate severity.
The accused pled guilty to part of the charges. The court did not establish circumstances that would mitigate or aggravate the sentence, but took into account that at the time of the accident she was a National Police employee performing official duties.
Furthermore, the court granted the victims' civil claims and ordered the payment of 6 million UAH as moral damages.
The Office of the Prosecutor General stated that the status of a law enforcement employee does not exempt from responsibility, but, on the contrary, entails a heightened duty to comply with the law and safety rules.
As a reminder, 3 August on Obukhiv region in Kyiv Oblast there was a fatal accident in which a six-year-old girl died. The accident occurred around 10:28 in the village of Zemlianka of the Kagarlytska community. According to preliminary police information, a 22-year-old tractor driver with a trailer, while overtaking, did not maintain a safe lateral distance and struck a child riding a bicycle in the same direction.
The inspection showed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol – a concentration of 1,69 per mille was found in his blood.
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