The driver who killed a pedestrian and fled the scene of the accident, detained today in Petrozavodsk

We will remind, tonight in the area of the house No. 25 on the Boulevard of Internationalists on an unregulated pedestrian crossing there was a fatal accident. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Karelia, a man born in 1966, who was driving a Renault Logan car, hit a pedestrian who died on the spot.

However, the driver did not stop, and left at great speed from the scene of the tragedy.

On the fact of the death of a person, a criminal case was initiated under the strictest article - part 4 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. It provides for liability for traffic violations that resulted in death if the driver was drunk or fled the scene of an accident.

Investigators are now working to establish all the details of this tragedy. Whether the driver will be found guilty and what punishment awaits him, the investigation will show. This accident is another bitter reminder of how important it is to follow the rules of the road and be extremely careful on the road, especially near pedestrian crossings.