Moped driver in Tatarstan, whose passenger died, received a suspended sentence

An 18-year-old resident of the Vysokhogorsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan was found guilty of violating traffic rules, which resulted in the death of a 17-year-old passenger, Tatar-inform reports.

The fatal accident happened this year on May 20. On a Vento Grace moped, a young man drove without a license and without a license plate on Sosnova Street in High Mountain. A 17-year-old girl was driving with him. They were carried out on the counter: he hit a curbstone, the moped overturned. The girl died the same day in the Vysokhogorsk CRB.

The young man admitted guilt and repented of what had happened. The court appointed him 2 years of probation with a two-year probationary period. He is also prohibited from carrying out activities related to transport management for 2.5 years.