Voronezh “turbobatiuska” was suspended from service after a fatal accident

Priest Alexy Goncharov was suspended from church service after a fatal accident in the Bobrovsky district of the Voronezh region, the local diocese said.

The diocese reported that the accident occurred on November 8, it killed a woman.

One of the participants of the accident was the cleric of the Voronezh diocese, Priest Alexy Goncharov. At the time of the incident, he was on a business trip to the Borisogleb diocese and was going to the parish, where he served, the statement said.

The decision to ban service Metropolitan Leonty of Voronezh and Liskin took on November 9, it will be valid until the end of the investigation.

According to the regional interior Ministry, a 40-year-old man driving a Kia Stinger was on the oncoming lane, where the car collided with the Opel Astra. The 22-year-old woman driving the Opel died before the doctors arrived and her 20-year-old passenger later sought medical attention. The police opened a case under Part 3 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code (a traffic violation that resulted in the death of a person through negligence). The maximum penalty is five years in prison.

Goncharov is known as the "turbo-bathyuska." In an interview with UFA1.RU, he said that he received the title of master of sports of Russia in powerlifting, was a member of the leadership of the regional federation of this sport and developed the Turbo Rusich project.