The Kievsky district court of Kharkiv chose a preventive measure for both drivers of the fatal road accident that occurred on January 16 on the street. Gagarin.

45-year-old man who drove Mazda was sent to house arrest around the clock. The man works as a truck driver, is married, has two daughters 3 and 1 years old.

The suspect himself asked for house arrest during the hearing.

According to the investigation, the Mazda driver drove to the intersection at the yellow prohibiting traffic light.

The second participant of the accident, the driver of Kia. Married, has a daughter, works as a director of Infinitum Inc.. Previously not convicted, complains of a weak heart.

His court sent him under house arrest for a period of 60 days.

Judge Konstantin Sadovsky rejected the prosecutor's petition, who asked to take the 30-year-old Kia driver into custody.

" In addition, the driver is suspected of committing, albeit a grave crime, committed through negligence, "

He also noted that there is no conclusion of the auto-technical expertise: "

A 45-year-old man in a Mazda drove off the street. Yuzhnoproektnaya on pr. Gagarin. At this time, a KIA Optima car drove into it. As a result of the collision, KIA was thrown to the safety island, where at that time there was a pedestrian. A 50-year-old woman died on the spot from her injuries. pic. twitter. com / IyeuS9bzDf - glavnoe. ua (@glavnoe_ua) January 16, 2021.