In the evening of April 28, an accident occurred in the Lviv region, as a result of which five people were injured, the National Police of Lviv region reported.. On the road between the villages of Mistichi and Sanniki, Yavorivsky district, a drunk driver drove into a ditch.

“As law enforcement officers previously established, the driver of the Volkswagen Caddy, a 58-year-old resident of Lviv, lost control and drove into a ditch.. As a result of the accident, the driver and four underage passengers - all local residents aged 13, 15, 16 and 17 - received injuries of varying severity and were taken to medical facilities,"

According to law enforcement officers, at the time of the accident, the driver was drunk - 1.6 ppm was found in his blood.. At the same time, the maximum allowable level is 0.2 ppm..

Law enforcers filed a case. 1 st. 286-1 (Violation of traffic safety rules or operation of vehicles by persons driving vehicles while intoxicated) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment - imprisonment up to three years with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles from three to five years.

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Recall that in early April, a large-scale traffic accident occurred on the Kyiv-Chop highway in the Kyiv region - a bus and nine cars collided. According to preliminary data, at about 7:30 a.m. the flow of cars was moving towards Kyiv.. Drivers driving in the middle lane stopped for preference. At this time, the drivers on the left also slowed down. Setra bus driver failed to react to changing traffic conditions and collided with vehicles ahead.