Father became a participant in a fatal accident in the Voronezh region

In the Voronezh region there was an accident with a fatal outcome, the participant of which was the priest Alexei Goncharov, known as “turbo-baby” – the nickname he received due to his passion for powerlifting. Driving the car, the church minister allowed the exit to the oncoming lane, where his car collided with the “Opel”. A 22-year-old girl was killed in the accident.

The tragedy occurred on the morning of Sunday, November 8, on the 6 kilometer of the highway “Bobrov – Upper Ikorets – Ilyich”. According to police, a 40-year-old resident of the regional center, who was driving a Kia Stinger, went into the oncoming traffic lane. At about 07:20, his car made a head-on collision with the Opel Astra, which was driven by a 22-year-old resident of the Pavlovsk district.

Her injuries were incompatible with life. She died at the scene before the doctors arrived. Later, a 20-year-old Opel passenger independently turned to the doctors for help.

The identity of the driver “Kia”, who went to the “meeting”, the police did not name. Information that the priest Alexei Goncharov was driving appeared on November 10 – it was distributed by the Telegram channel Baza and Vesti Voronezh, citing its own source.

“According to the information of the Base, the 40-year-old priest Alexei Goncharov, known in social networks as “Turbobatyushka”, was driving the red sports “Kia Stinger”.

Alexey Goncharov serves as rector of the Church of St. George the Victorious in Voronezh, while combining pastoral activities with sports and its popularization. He holds the title of Master of Sports in Powerlifting, and also founded the sports movement Turborusich. In social networks, the priest is known by the nickname “turbo-baby”.

In the autumn of 2025, at a sports festival in Saratov, Goncharov, as reported by Vesti Voronezh, raised a rod weighing 200 kilograms with one hand. On the platform, he then went out dressed in a black cassock - the robe of a priest. The recording of his speech was widely distributed on social networks.

In the summer of 2026, Goncharov was entrusted with a new parish: he was instructed to deal with the fate of the long-term construction of the Vvedensky temple in the village of Semyono-Alexandrovka.

After the fatal accident, the priest expressed his readiness to help the relatives of the deceased. He did not provide any additional information about the circumstances of the accident.

“I am very sorry that this has happened. I don't know how it all happened. I am ready to help the relatives of the deceased. I am not ready to comment on anything else, Goncharov said in RIA-Voronezh.