In the Krasnodar Territory, the investigating authorities are investigating the circumstances of a fatal accident involving a drunken police officer, in which a mother of five children died on the night of February 16, 2020.

The accident occurred at about one in the morning in the village of Ilsky, Seversky district. A BMW car moving along Mira Street, which was driven by a 30-year-old precinct commissioner, having finished a roundabout, drove into the oncoming lane and rammed the Renault crossover.

“According to the investigation, the suspect, being intoxicated, exceeded the allowed speed limit and went into the oncoming lane, where he made a collision with the Renault car moving in the opposite direction. As a result of the accident, the 37-year-old Renault passenger was injured and died in a short time, ”the press service of the regional administration of SK said.

According to RT, four people went to Renault: the spouses Airat and Lilia Kurbanov, their one and a half year old son, Islam, and a family friend. The woman sitting in the back seat as a result of the collision received serious injuries and died in the hospital. The child also received serious damage to internal organs, underwent surgery and is now in intensive care.

The alleged culprit of the tragedy escaped with a broken arm. According to RT, we are talking about Vladislav Luhta, who that evening celebrated the awarding of his next rank - senior lieutenant.

“An official inspection has been appointed at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory, and the issue of dismissing an employee from internal affairs bodies for negative reasons is being decided. Currently, the policeman is suspended from duty and detained in the manner provided for in Article 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, ”commented on the RT accident in the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

  • © Investigative Department of the SK of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory

According to established practice in such incidents, responsibility for the actions of the district police officer is likely to be borne by his immediate superiors. Also, the department, for sure, will try to find out whether Luhta celebrated an increase in the circle of colleagues, and if so, why did they allow him to drive while intoxicated.

A criminal case has been opened in relation to the accident with respect to the 30-year-old precinct. So far, a preventive measure has been chosen in the form of the detention of a suspect. According to RT, now Vladislav Luhta is under guard at the hospital.

“The necessary investigative steps are being taken to establish all the circumstances of the crime, a forensic medical examination has been appointed,” the Investigative Committee said.

At the same time, the department noted that while a criminal case was instituted on the very fact of a fatal accident (part 3 of article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). However, as the interlocutor of RT in the UK noted, if the examination confirms that at the time of the accident the police officer was intoxicated, he will be charged under Part 4 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code, which provides for a much more serious responsibility - from 5 to 12 years in prison.

In social networks, residents of Ilsky, among whom the accident caused a huge resonance, have been discussing the details of what happened in recent days. Many people note an increased accident rate on this section of the roundabout road, where serious accidents regularly occur.

One of the local residents said that on the night of February 16 he saw the same BMW on the road and noted that shortly before the collision the car wagged on the road and drove into the oncoming lane.

Judging by the accident video published on social networks, the Renault driver had practically no chance to avoid a collision. At the moment when BMW suddenly appeared in front of him, Airat Kurbanov himself was not able to go into the passing right lane, since a truck was driving there in parallel to him. The man tried to slow down, but the blow was still very strong - cars can not be restored.

Residents of the village also say that after the accident, the BMW driver tried to escape, but was allegedly detained nearby and returned to the scene of the accident. The UK has not yet commented on this information.

At the same time, most local Internet users express concerns that the alleged culprit of the accident, due to its status, will be able to avoid serious liability.

  • © Investigative Department of the SK of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory

As RT's girlfriend Anastasia Grazhdankina told RT, Lilia Kurbanova and her family lived in Anapa, and on the night of the accident they headed towards Krasnodar, presumably to the airport.

“At the time of the collision, she and her son were sleeping in the back seat. She died from a very strong head bang without regaining consciousness, ”said Grazhdankina.

At the same time, men in the driver and front passenger seats of Renault did not receive serious injuries. They, like the policeman, were saved by airbags. A woman’s funeral was held on Wednesday.

“In my youth, she and her husband came to Anapa from Ulyanovsk to study, we worked together, for some time we even lived together. Then I moved to Sochi, but we continued to constantly communicate. Lily was very active, active, and even after the birth of her fifth child, she did not sit at home and did something. They had four girls in their family, and finally, in June 2018, the long-awaited son of Islam was born, they were very happy, ”said the friend of the deceased.

She admitted: like many local residents, she is afraid that the culprit may evade responsibility.

“Everyone understands which country and region we live in. In addition, my ex-husband was a law enforcement officer, and I know firsthand how this happens, how they sometimes cover each other. I hope this time he gets what he deserves. The man consciously got behind the wheel drunk, endangering the lives of others, ”she said.

At the same time, Grazhdankina noted that the driver of the BMW could be disorientated by the car with the emergency gang turned on on the right side of the road at the scene of the collision.

“If you carefully watch the video of an accident, you can assume that he, leaving a roundabout, thought that the car was in the lane and shifted to the left to go around it. And since she was actually on the sidelines, this “left” for him was the oncoming lane. In the case of a normal driver, such behavior on the road is difficult to imagine, but when you consider that he was drunk, the reaction and perception in this state are completely different, then everything is quite logical. This is just an assumption, I hope the investigation will figure it out, ”she summed up.