Man Who Killed 6 People DUI Gets 10 Years

Andriy Poltavets, 37, the heavily drunk man who killed four adults and two children after plowing his SUV into a crowd at a tram station in Kharkiv, has received 10 years’ imprisonment. That’s less than two years for every person killed by Poltavets, who has a past history of DUI.

The ruling, which includes a 3-year suspension of driver’s license, was made today, Channel 5 reports. Asked about how she felt, a relative of one of the victims expressed feelings of injustice and insecurity.

So here’s what “one law for all” means in this case: Once you get drunk and get in that car and start killing people, there’s no limit to how many people you can kill. You’ll only get 10 years, plus a 3-year suspension of drivers’ license. Well, perhaps you’ll even get paroled, which means you can start killing even sooner!

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Bicyclist Killed by Car; Evidence Sanitized; Driver Regrets Car Damage

Mr. President, Mr. Lutsenko, do you remember your “one law for all” promise?

How would you like it if someone dear to you died like this? Would the system work for you the way it worked for him?

Voiceover: Here’s the scene of tragedy of two friends who took a night trip by bicycle, moving toward Herzen Street. The road was allegedly unoccupied and both bicycles had their lights on. The friend of the victim survived only because he rode his bicycle in front.

Survivor: There was a heavy blow in the back.
Reporter: You were riding by the roadside, right?
Survivor: Yes, I was in the front, he was in the back, in the back. The car…it was this one…

Text: Oleksiy Bashkirtsev was 22. He was hit to death.

Male eyewitness 1: I saw it. It’s very scary. The bicyclists rode on Melnykov St. They didn’t cross anything, they rode on the curb. And this car drove at a speed of probably up to 180 km/h, and it hit them directly. Of this I’m 100% sure. We saw it.

Reporter: Did they have their lights on?
Male eyewitness 1: Yes, they had their lights on and they rode well, without speeding, nothing like that. He just hit them directly.

Text: In the first decade of June, four bicyclists have been hit. In three cases, the drivers fled from the crime scene.

Male voice: How could this man, this bicyclist…
Male eyewitness 2: The bicyclists rode…

Female eyewitness: He exited the vehicle through the window. What are you talking about? He didn’t use the door, he used the window. What are you talking about? You call him sober?

Driver’s companion: Listen, listen…
Female eyewitness: Listen to what?

Driver’s companion: Look at this door. How can anyone exit it, blyad? Why all this talk?
Female eyewitness: Listen to what? He crawled out of the window. What are you talking about? Look at him. He’s totally drunk!

Text: The driver is Khomutovsky Stanislav Olehovych, b. 1988. Managed to avoid compulsory blood testing for alcohol. Evidence is being sanitized from the case file.

Driver: I didn’t hurt anything, blyad. My poor car!

Text: The murderers are on the loose. It’s time to hit the authorities.
Photo of the victim carrying an animal rights sign: “I want to live.”

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Deadly Déjà Vu: 18-Year Old DUI Kills 1, Wounds 2

On Jan. 12, an 18-year old Odesite crashed his Toyota Prado into a Daewoo Lanos moving on the opposite lane, killing one person and wounding two others in an accident that involved a total of eleven vehicles.

This brings to mind the case of Serhiy Kalynovsky, a high-profile 21-year old whose reckless driving killed last year his girlfriend and another driver, father of two young children.

Both stories share one thing: abusive language and disorderly conduct on the part of the perpetrator at the time the police arrived. A report in Segodnya states that it took the paramedics 40 minutes to “rush” to the scene. And by the time the firefighters came, an hour had already passed.

When the police arrived, the 18-year old showered them with profanity and demanded his cell phone, saying his dad would fix things quickly. On his way to the precinct, the bad boy was escorted by a trail of luxury cars.

According to Dmytro Fuchedzhy, deputy chief of Odesa oblast police, the subject was DUI. Now hear this: The young man reportedly attends law school. He is also the son of a wealthy businessman who holds a seat in the local assembly under the wing of the Party of Pensioners. (Just how many Ukrainian pensioners enjoy this kind of lifestyle?)

The episode raised a firestorm of indignation at Ukrainian forums, with many netizens gloomily expecting the Odesa offender to get away with murder, Kalynovsky-style. (A few weeks after the accident, Serhiy Kalynovsky escaped from custody, which didn’t seem particularly tight, and left the country. He is now wanted by Interpol.)

So, the burning questions would be as follows: Are those NUNS-sponsored ambulances coming on schedule or not? Will the killer kids get jailed or will they remain untouchable? A single ambulance for Chernovetsky doesn’t get this country too far unless a holistic course of treatment will follow.

Approximately 78,000 Ukrainians were injured in car accidents last year. Some 9,500 people died, up from the previous year's 7,600.

IF YOU DRIVE, DO NOT DRINK!

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