In Volgograd, a 51-year-old man stole a taxi, causing a major accident. reported At the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Volgograd Region.
Traffic cops started following the Renault Logan car, whose trajectory seemed strange to them. The driver, who did not stop at the request of the police, crashed into 5 vehicles while trying to get away from the chase. It turned out that the resident of Stavropol was drunk and the car was unfamiliar to him.
“It turned out that the person used the shuttles of the taxi, whose driver was standing on the road shortly before the incident, and went to the market without stopping the engine of the car. “When the attacker saw that the ignition key was in the lock, he drove away from the passenger seat, behind the wheel,” the statement said.
The detained person was taken to the police station where they collected materials on traffic violations. The court sentenced the hijacker to 10 days of administrative detention. The issue of filing a criminal case under Art. 166 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal possession of a car).
Previously reportedtaxi hijacker St. He died in a major traffic accident in St. Petersburg.