In Krasnouralsk, the driver of the garbage truck was tried for damage to the heating line

In Krasnouralsk, the driver of the garbage truck received three days of arrest for leaving the scene of an accident after damage to the heating line, the Official Channel of the courts of the Sverdlovsk region reports.

A magistrate in Krasnouralsk ordered three days of administrative arrest for the driver of a truck that damaged a thermal pipeline in the yard at the street. Ustinov, 6 and fled the scene.

The court found that in the early morning of October 18, Sergei D. at the wheel of a garbage truck ran into a pipe heating pipe belonging to the MUP Krasnouralsk Heat Supply Enterprise and caused it. In violation of paragraph 2.5 of the traffic rules, he left the scene of the incident in which he was a participant. There are no signs of a criminal act.

In court, the driver fully admitted guilt and repented, explaining that after the damage to the object reported the incident to the employer, but did not attribute this incident to an accident and therefore left.

As mitigating circumstances, the court took into account the full admission of guilt, remorse and the presence of three minor children. An aggravating circumstance is the repeated commission of a homogeneous offense: in 2026 the driver was involved under Chapter 12 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and paid a fine.

The judge imposed a sentence of administrative arrest for 3 days. The ruling has not entered into legal force.