In Irkutsk in the evening in the yard of the Novo-Lenino district, a VAZ 2106 hit a 10 year old cyclist and fled the scene. The boy was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and concussion, and witnesses noted the car number and informed police. Later the car was found in a paid lot, and the driver turned out to be a 15 year old teenager who took his uncle's car for a ride.
The accident occurred the previous evening. In one of the courtyards of the Novo-Lenino neighborhood, a VAZ-2106 car hit a 10-year-old cyclist and fled the scene. With a diagnosis of a broken collarbone and a concussion, an ambulance took the boy to the Ivano-Matreninskaya Hospital. Witnesses to the accident remembered the car’s license plate number and immediately contacted the police.That same evening, as a result of operational-search measures, Irkutsk police found the fleeing “six” with obvious signs of an accident in one of the city’s paid parking lots. As was established, at the time of the accident a 15-year-old teenager was behind the wheel of the car. According to the suspect, he took the car from his uncle for a drive. After hitting the cyclist, the minor got scared and decided to flee. The VAZ-2106 has now been placed in an impound lot. The materials have been handed over to the juvenile affairs unit, and the question of opening a criminal case is being decided.
Based on materials from the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Irkutsk