“I betrayed everyone”: Efremov recorded an appeal to the family of Sergei Zakharov, who died in an accident

Actor Mikhail Efremov recorded a video message in which he asked for forgiveness from relatives of Sergei Zakharov, who died from numerous injuries after a car accident involving an artist. The video was posted on the Citizen Poet YouTube channel.

“Four days have passed since that damned Monday. I did not know what to say, and now I do not know. I do not know how and with what words to ask for forgiveness from the family of Sergei Zakharov. But I still ask, although I know that they will not forgive, ”said Efremov.

The artist expressed his willingness to help the family of the deceased man, adding that this is "not an attempt to pay off, but an attempt to atone."

“Of course, I have no forgiveness from my wife, from my children, and from all those who believed in me. In general, it’s unforgivable to drive behind the wheel when an innocent person dies, a good man, my peer, when grief is in his family, ”the actor emphasized.

Efremov added that after the incident "does not understand how to live on." In addition, he said that he was not going to connect any connections or acquaintances so that he would be от otmazyali ’, adding that in this situation“ everyone saw everything ”.

“Yes, and I saw it when I overslept and walked away from the shock. Thank God my mother didn’t see it, ”the artist said.

He noted that the tragedy was not a movie, and you can’t rewind anything.

“There is no longer any Efremov. I betrayed everyone. Please forgive me. Nothing more to say, ”the actor finished his appeal.

Earlier, the family of the deceased Sergey Zakharov was also approached by Ephraim's daughter Anna-Maria. In a statement on her Instagram, she brought condolences and apologies to the man’s relatives.

“It is very difficult for me to find the right words, because there are no such phrases that could help you get your loved one back. But I hope that life and time will help you survive this loss, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

The girl said that she tried to contact her family through Zakharov’s employer, but was not answered. She emphasized that she was not asking for forgiveness for her father, but only wanted to express empathy and sympathy.

“I want to return home, where my father did not kill anyone, where I calmly blog and study. But he’s not at home. And it won’t be, ”the girl said.

Mikhail Efremov got into an accident on the evening of June 8 on Smolenskaya Square. The actor, who was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a Lada van, which was driven by Sergey Zakharov, a 57-year-old employee of Delikateska.ru. The man was urgently hospitalized with multiple injuries at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, where he later died. The actor himself was not injured.

According to the prosecutor’s office, Efremov drove a car intoxicated and intoxicated. The artist pleaded guilty. According to preliminary data, before the accident he was in the Moscow pub Ulysses.

Two criminal cases were opened on the fact of the incident - “Violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles, which, through negligence, resulted in the death of a person and committed by a person in a state of intoxication”, as well as “Illegal production, sale or transfer of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues. " Tagansky court in Moscow sent the artist under house arrest until August 9. On June 11, the actor was taken to the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where he was interrogated in cases of an accident in the center of Moscow and the sale of drugs to him. Investigative actions lasted about five hours.

Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian president, reacted to the news about the accident with the participation of the artist. 

“Here, unfortunately, we are talking about a tragic incident, a monstrous incident when a drunk driver - and no matter who he is - made an accident in which a person died,” he emphasized.

Earlier, the deputy chief of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Alexei Diokin, said that for 2019 and 2020, Efremov had no fines for drunk driving. At the same time, over the past year and a half, he has registered 50 administrative offenses in the field of traffic, most of which are associated with exceeding the speed limit and marking violations.

Recently, Mikhail Efremov several times became a participant in various incidents, being intoxicated.

So, on March 6, at the Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, the actor was not allowed to board an airplane of airBaltic, because, according to media reports, he was drunk.