At 17:30 on June 5, at the intersection of Vadym Hetman and Ushynskyi streets in Solomyansky district of Kyiv, a Mercedes-Benz driver lost control of the vehicle at high speed. The car left the roadway and crashed into an underground passage. Four pedestrians died on the scene, and three more were injured. The driver was hospitalized.
What the investigation established
According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the suspect was repeatedly held administratively liable for speeding prior to this tragedy. Additionally, he was involved in four traffic accidents — two of them occurring in 2025.
"It has been preliminarily established that he was repeatedly held administratively liable for speeding. He was also involved in four traffic accidents, two of which occurred this year".
— Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
At the scene, investigative and operational teams documented the vehicle's trajectory, road conditions, and other circumstances that could have contributed to the loss of control. According to Kyiv police, all circumstances continue to be established.
The suspect's profile: administrative protocols as a warning that failed to work
The presence of several previous protocols and involvement in four accidents is not a biographical detail but a question for the system. Administrative penalties for speeding in Ukraine are typically limited to a fine. Suspension of driving rights is provided only in cases of systematic or gross violations and is rarely applied in practice.
- Four traffic accidents in the driver's personal "history" — two of them in 2025
- Repeated administrative protocols for speeding
- No public data on license suspension before the June 5 tragedy
Investigators have opened a criminal proceeding. The driver is under medical supervision — his condition at the time of publication is being clarified. A suspicion has not yet been formally notified to him or this information has not been officially confirmed.
The legal classification of the offense will depend on the results of medical and technical examinations: in particular, whether the driver was sober and what speed was recorded by cameras immediately before the collision. If the investigation confirms that previous violations did not result in license suspension due to systemic gaps — this will become grounds for a separate review: whether the current administrative enforcement mechanism is sufficient to stop a driver with such a risk profile.
