On October 12, the Yangikhayot district criminal court of Tashkent city issued a ruling against the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian.

According to the case, the defendant Sh.P. worked as the director of the Department of finance, economy and public-private partnership of the Preschool education agency under the Ministry of preschool and school education. He was taken into custody on July 18.

The collision occurred on June 4 at approximately 20:30. As stated in the court ruling, the driver, while being drunk, drove a Nexia car along Davlatabad Street in the Yangikhayot district at a speed of 50-60 km/h, and hit a female pedestrian, L. O, who was crossing the road.

The woman was taken to the hospital, she died in intensive care. The medical examiner's report states that her death was caused by severe injuries, including a closed head injury, cerebral hemorrhage, chest trauma, a fractured spine, 10 ribs, a rupture of the spinal cord, lungs, lower legs and numerous other injuries. The examination found that death had been caused by a collision.

As per the conclusion of the forensic auto technical examination, the driver had the opportunity to sharply press the brakes and prevent the accident.

In court, the defendant said that on that day the Check signal came on on the car’s dashboard, and so he went to a car service center, which is located on Davlatabad Street in the Yangikhayot district. According to him, he was driving at a speed of 50-60 km/h and hit a woman who “came out from behind the trees.” The accused stated that after the accident he stopped 3-4 meters from her. Seeing that she was still breathing, he called an ambulance which took her to the hospital, while he remained at the scene.

The defendant also argued that there was no pedestrian crossing at the scene of the accident, which was located 100 meters down the road. According to him, he did not have the opportunity to see the pedestrian and prevent the accident. According to him, he drank alcohol that day at lunch, but was not drunk. The defendant said that after the accident, traffic police officers did not offer him a test for alcohol intoxication, and he himself admitted that he drank alcohol.

He also said that his relatives transferred 100 million soums to the deposit account of the judicial department to compensate for the damage and provided assistance to the victim.

The man partially admitted his guilt, but indicated that the emergency situation was also the fault of the pedestrian himself. He asked the court to mitigate the punishment, taking into account the fact that he has minor children, as well as a mortgage loan with a monthly payment of 10 million soums.

The daughter of the deceased spoke at the court hearing, saying that she had no close relatives except her mother. According to her, if the defendant had really been driving at a speed of 50-60 km/h, then her mother would not have received such severe injuries and would not have died. She refused to take 100 million soums and asked to punish the defendant in accordance with the law.

In the courtroom, the traffic police inspector of the Tashkent police department said that the driver had a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath, although he denied that he drank alcohol. After this, the officers took the defendant to a drug treatment clinic for an examination. Another employee reported that the team did not have a breathalyzer and said he did not know whether the driver smelled of alcohol or not.

The court ruling noted that the defendant’s arguments that he did not see the pedestrian before the incident are completely refuted, since during the investigation he said that he saw her, but was unable to brake, and the street on this section of the road was illuminated.

Judge Zavkiddin Yarashev found the defendant guilty under Violation of traffic safety rules or driving vehicles, resulting in the death of a person charge / punishable by imprisonment for up to 7 years with deprivation of certain rights) and sentenced him to 4 years 6 months in prison freedom with deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for 3 years.