Probe into Kharkiv deadly car crash completed, - lawyer

The pre-trial investigation into the road traffic accident that took place in downtown Kharkiv which claimed lives of six pedestrians and caused injuries to another five was completed.

Serhii Perepelytsia, the defender of Hennadii Dronov charged with causing the accident told Ukrainski Novyny, Censor.NET reports.

According to him, the pre-trial investigation was completed last week (January 22-28) while the indictment will be submitted to the court in the near future.

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Earlier, the prosecutor's office of the Kharkiv region approved the indictment to 20-year-old local Olena Zaitseva for violation of traffic rules that led to the death of five people (part 3 article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). On Nov. 6, the law enforcers also brought charges against the second participant of the road traffic accident, Volkswagen Touareg driver Hennadii Dronov.

Oct. 18, a Lexus crashed into a pedestrian crowd in Kharkiv, killing five on spot and wounding six people. The driver, a 20-year-old woman, was detained and arrested by the court for two months.