In Bryansk, policemen are investigating the circumstances of an accident involving a relative of a high-ranking official.
Last Friday, the Volkswagen Touareg, driven by the son of the vice-governor of the region Alexander Rezunov Maxim, was driven by a Toyota car, according to media reports.
As a result, Toyota driver Dmitry Pugachev was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Doctors fought for his life for more than a day, but they failed to save Pugachev.
Alexander Rezunov himself has resigned, Interfax reports, citing the regional government.
“I don’t want this situation to somehow influence the great work being done by the governor and his team.
To prove that I will definitely not influence the situation (let the law enforcement agencies carry out all the work according to the law), I made a decision for myself.
I am retiring.
My deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.
Excuse me.
If I can help you with something, I am ready.
And my son too, ”the agency quotes the words of an interlocutor in the regional government.
Fled from the accident scene
As RT was told in the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Bryansk region, a resonant accident occurred at 1 am on September 18 on Lenin Avenue in the Soviet district of Bryansk.
“According to the preliminary version, the 33-year-old driver of the Volkswagen Touareg, moving from the side of Arsenalnaya Street towards Fokina Street, hit the Toyota Will in front.
From the impact, the Toyota car was thrown onto the Mitsubishi Lancer car moving in the opposite direction.
As a result of the road accident, the 35-year-old Toyota driver was hospitalized with serious injuries, the 43-year-old passenger of the Mitsubishi car was released after receiving medical assistance and prescribed treatment.
The driver of the Volkswagen car refused to undergo a medical examination, ”the press service told RT.
On the fact of the accident, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art.
264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Violation of traffic rules, entailing serious harm to human health by a person who is intoxicated."
As RT was told in the press service of the regional UMVD of Russia, in connection with the death of the victim, the issue of retraining the case from part 2 of article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to part 4 is being resolved.
According to local media reports, the 33-year-old son of the vice-governor of Bryansk, Maxim Rezunov, was driving a Volkswagen with state number N002KX32.
He was allegedly drunk and fled the scene of the accident.
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Toyota driver Dmitry Pugachev fell into a coma at the scene of the accident and was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury.
Meanwhile, by a court decision of September 19, Rezunov was already deprived of his driver's license and ordered to pay a fine of 30 thousand rubles.
Didn't drink at work
In turn, it became known that Rezunov works as a state inspector of transport control of the Department of State Road Supervision (UGADN).
Andrei Epishin, deputy head of the South-West Mugadn Central Federal District in Bryansk, told RT that he was shocked by the news of an accident involving Rezunov.
“This news came as a surprise to me.
As far as I know, he hasn't drunk alcohol at all lately.
Maxim works at posts throughout the region: carries out weight control and dimensional control of the vehicle, checks the travel documentation.
Rezunov did not go to work today and did not inform the management about this.
We do not know where he is and we learn all the information about the accident only through the media.
We will conduct an internal investigation and investigate the situation as soon as we receive official information from law enforcement agencies, "Epishin told RT.
According to him, Rezunov has been working at UGADN since 2010.
Characterized as a good and humble worker.
No violations were observed behind him.
Didn't drink at work.
According to the income statement, the Volkswagen Touareg belongs to Rezunov's wife.
It includes only a land plot with an area of 264 sq.m and a garage with an area of 162.3 sq.m.
According to the documents, until 2012, Rezunov owned a UAZ 469 car. In 2013, Toyota was listed in the declaration, but after 2014, Rezunov does not own a car, and his wife has a Volkswagen Tiguan.
In 2017, the couple will change it to the Volkswagen Touareg.
Already caught
As RT found out, in 2012, Rezunov got drunk behind the wheel.
According to the ruling of the magistrate of judicial district No. 30 of the Zhiryatinsky district of the Bryansk region, the case of Maksim Aleksandrovich Rezunov was considered on March 11, 2013.
On December 8, 2012, at three o'clock in the morning, Rezunov did not follow the order of the police officer to undergo a medical examination for the state of alcoholic intoxication.
According to the protocol, he had the following signs of intoxication: the smell of alcohol from the mouth, speech impairment, behavior inappropriate for the situation.
Rezunov committed an administrative offense under Part 1 of Art.
12.26 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
The consideration of the case was repeatedly postponed and in the end it was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
In addition, on October 12, 2012, the magistrate of the court district No. 42 of the Mglinsky judicial district of the Bryansk region closed the case against M.A. Rezunov.
under Part 1 of Art.
12.8 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
Vice Governor of the Bryansk Region Alexander Rezunov has held office since October 2016.
Previously, he worked as Deputy Governor.
His duties included regulation of the agro-industrial complex, forestry relations, veterinary medicine, consumer market and services, state control in the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products.