Overview
- Around 16:30 on February 9, a district judge driving a BMW struck a 2014-born boy as he crossed with his mother at a signalized pedestrian crossing in Kryvyi Rih.
- The child sustained multiple injuries and was hospitalized, with the Prosecutor General’s Office describing his condition as serious.
- The State Bureau of Investigation opened a pre-trial case under Part 2 of Article 286 for a traffic safety violation causing serious bodily harm.
- DBR investigators conducted initial on-scene actions, and the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office is providing procedural supervision.
- Authorities appealed for witnesses and any photo or video evidence via the DBR Poltava duty line at 0800-350-352, and no notice of suspicion has been announced.