A truck ran over an 8-year-old girl in Irpen in the Buchansky district of the Kiev region on Tuesday morning, May 12. The injured child was taken to hospital in serious condition.. The National Police of the Kyiv region reports this on Facebook..

“Law enforcement officers established that the 51-year-old driver of a Mercedes-Benz Atego, at the intersection of Tsentralnaya and Dontsova streets, making a right turn, hit a young girl who was crossing the roadway at an unregulated pedestrian crossing,” the report says..

Police noted that as a result of the accident, an 8-year-old child was hospitalized with injuries..

“Unfortunately, despite the efforts of doctors, the girl died in the hospital,” police added..

Law enforcement officers detained the truck driver, and investigators began a pre-trial investigation into violation of road safety rules or the operation of transport by persons driving vehicles, which caused serious bodily injury to the victim (h. 2 tbsp. 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The driver now faces up to 8 years in prison.

Video footage of a fatal accident has gone viral.

Road accident in Irpen pic. twitter. com/Mr8WJqXAlj— Maxim (@lipcansmaks1) May 12, 2026 Let us remind you that law enforcement officers reported suspicion to two law enforcement officers from the Khmelnytsky region, who helped the culprit of a fatal accident to avoid punishment.

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