{"id":558767,"date":"2026-07-10T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=558767"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:22:50","slug":"garbage-truck-driver-to-stand-trial-over-fatal-road-accident-in-vitsyebsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/garbage-truck-driver-to-stand-trial-over-fatal-road-accident-in-vitsyebsk","title":{"rendered":"Garbage Truck Driver to Stand Trial Over Fatal Road Accident in Vitsyebsk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Vitsyebsk Region has completed its investigation into a road accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian. Charges have been brought against the 50-year-old garbage truck driver, the Investigative Committee said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fatal accident occurred on Feb. 18, 2026, in Vitsyebsk. As the garbage truck driver approached the signal-controlled intersection of Tereshkova and Sofyi Pankovai streets, he accelerated to 72.5 km\/h and changed into the adjacent lane without using a turn signal, failing to yield to a Volkswagen travelling in the same direction. The collision sent the Volkswagen onto a snowbank, then onto the sidewalk, where it struck a 65-year-old pedestrian. The man died in hospital several days later from his injuries.<\/p>\n

A forensic traffic investigation found that the Volkswagen driver had no technical opportunity to avoid hitting the pedestrian.<\/p>\n

The garbage truck driver has been charged with violating traffic regulations resulting in the death of a person through negligence. He had previously been repeatedly held administratively liable for traffic violations. The case has been forwarded to the prosecutor for referral to court.<\/p>\n

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The Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Vitsyebsk Region has completed its investigation into a road accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian. Charges have been brought against the 50-year-old garbage truck driver, the Investigative Committee said. The fatal accident occurred on Feb. 18, 2026, in Vitsyebsk. As the garbage truck driver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":558766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a50e41d632fd.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Garbage Truck Driver to Stand Trial Over Fatal Road Accident in Vitsyebsk"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}