According to preliminary data, the 24-year-old precinct officer of one of the police departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs “in his spare time,” while in his personal car, lost control and drove onto the sidewalk, where he shot down three pedestrians.
“As a result of an accident, a man died of injuries on the spot before the ambulance arrived. Two women with injuries were taken to a medical facility, ”the report said.
Currently, the causes of the incident are being established, among which the technical malfunction of the car and avoiding a collision with another car.
It is clarified that the driver was sober.
“If the employee’s guilt is confirmed, he will not only be dismissed from the internal affairs bodies for negative reasons, but will also be punished in accordance with the law,” the ministry said.
At the time of the inspection, the policeman, as well as the acting the head of the police department in which he serves, suspended from duty.
In the fall of 2019, URA.RU reported that in the Urals a sentence was passed on to an ex-policeman in a case of pedestrian collision.