KIEV: Five people were killed Wednesday when a car ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, local police said, ruling out a terror link.
The Kharkiv police department said six others were hurt, although the extent of their injuries remained unclear.
But local police spokesman Yaroslav Trakalo told the Ukrainska Pravda news site that two women’s condition was “very serious”.
The police statement said the female driver of the SUV vehicle had been detained, adding that a criminal case involving driving safety violations had been launched.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail, the …read more
Source: theSun
