In the Urals, a traffic police officer was arrested for killing a pedestrian

In the Sverdlovsk region, a traffic police officer who hit and killed a pedestrian was sent into custody, told E1.ru. Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region,

A law enforcement source reported that the incident occurred on the morning of January 27 in the suburb of Sysert. A drunken security officer driving a Volkswagen Touareg hit a 57-year-old man on the road and then fled.

According to Gorelykh, the alleged culprit of the accident turned out to be a traffic police officer on vacation. An examination revealed alcohol in his blood.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that the employee wrote a confession and gave a confession. An internal investigation is currently underway, and the suspect has been dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.