“A criminal case has been opened on the grounds of a crime stipulated by part 3 of article 264 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of traffic rules, resulting in the death of a person by negligence),” the report says.

According to preliminary data, on the night of July 14, a police officer, driving a UAZ company car, shot down three men at a crosswalk.

As a result, one victim died, two were taken to hospital.

Earlier, Newinform reported that in the Krasnodar Territory they are conducting an inspection on the fact of an accident, in which four people died.