On May 9, at about 17:00, a fatal accident occurred in the Sergeli district of Tashkent, the press service of the traffic police department said.
Driver A.Kh., 24, in his Kia model who was driving next to a car wash on Kumarik street, hit 27-year-old D.K., who died from his injuries on the way to the hospital.
Footages that surfaced on social networks show that the drivers of two cars were racing and one of them hit a man who stepped onto the roadway.
A criminal case has been launched into the incident under Violation of traffic safety rules resulting in the death of a person (punishable by imprisonment for up to seven years (?!) with deprivation of certain rights.
