At around 20:20 on April 9, a drunk driver hit two children on the sidewalk in Rybinsk, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Yaroslavl Region reported.
“As a result of the accident, a boy born in 2013, a boy born in 2015, died at the scene and died in the hospital. The driver is a male born in 1993. He was detained by eyewitnesses who reported the accident to the police.
The accident occurred on the Volga embankment of Rybinsk. Telegram channel Shooting Wrote29-year-old Ivan Ogurtsov was driving a Ford Mondeo – he lost control and flew onto the pavement, where the children were riding a scooter and a bicycle. When the driver realized that he had run over the children, he tried to flee the scene, but eyewitnesses followed him. He was detained near the stadium of Saturn, where the police arrived soon after.
According to Shot, Ogurtsov was taken to a drug dispensary for a medical examination, where he was found to be intoxicated – 0.8 mg / l. The man has two small children.
According to the press service of the Yaroslavl Region Investigative Committee of the ICR, a criminal case was opened regarding the fact of the death of two minors in an accident.
“A criminal case has been filed in accordance with paragraphs “a”, “b” of part 6 of article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Violation of traffic rules, committed in one case, resulting in the death of two people due to negligence drunkenness combined with leaving the place of commission), ” he says in the message.
The penalty within the scope of this article provides for imprisonment from eight years to fifteen years.
“Applause and Heartbreaking Cries”
Eyewitness Anastasia described the details of the accident and the pursuit in a conversation with socialbites.ca.
“A car was driving down the road, the husband reflexively shouted: “Now it’s going to fly.” There was a rumble and heart-rending cries ahead of us. My husband shouted at me, “Call an ambulance.” He started calling the police. I turned around and saw the biker running. he said he fled the scene, it was heard how he left. I saw a motorcyclist [который поехал за ним]”,
said Anastasia.
He added that after the collision, the drivers immediately stopped and started helping the victims. According to the woman, the police and ambulance arrived very quickly.
“I heard about Rybinsk” in the VKontakte community comments Posts about the accident allegedly left several messages by a biker chasing a 29-year-old driver. A man named Andrei Mazov said the Ford driver was drunk. At the time of the collision, the motorcyclist was drinking coffee in front of a nearby store.
“He was drunk and under the influence of something because he said he had all his documents in place and did nothing and that you were bothering me. I tried to leave,” Mazov wrote.
After the accident, Andrei Mazov rushed to the aid of one of the children. I have no words, I just saw a child, I made a tourniquet, it’s all before my eyes so far,” he said.
According to the motorcyclist, the children died in front of their mothers: “It was hysterical, my condolences, it happened right in front of your eyes. At first they did not understand what was happening: a car flew along the pavement, then it screamed, everything was covered with dust, nothing was visible, panic, hysteria. My father then drove the car.
allegations against the administration
Many subscribers in the comments say that the city administration has repeatedly asked erect a fence at the scene of the accident to separate the road from the pavement. According to commenters, complaints about the dangerous site have been coming in since last summer.
“A year ago, they discussed building a fence where a drunk driver crashed and killed two children yesterday. In order to defend the administration, we can say that fences are now put up everywhere in schools and kindergartens. Why are they not on this site, the question remains open. And the problem with fences doesn’t take away the responsibility of citizens who get behind the wheel while intoxicated. Cars weigh several tons and a drunk driver can knock down almost any fence if they drive with an insole,” the community manager said in a post.
But one user said, “People have a mess in their minds – fences have been built for pedestrians, they won’t stop cars at all. If you want security, you need a partition.”