"To prevent negative publicity from spreading to the government": Transbaikal Deputy Prime Minister resigns after fatal accident
Alexey Goncharov, who oversaw the housing and communal services sector in the regional government, got He was involved in a traffic accident last July while returning from vacation with his wife and two daughters. According to the criminal case file, the official drove into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with a passenger car. One of the car's passengers died in the ambulance, and three others were hospitalized in serious condition (including Goncharov's youngest daughter).
In his defense, the Deputy Prime Minister claimedthat the accident occurred due to the poor condition of the road surface.
“The car hit a bump, was thrown into the oncoming lane, and lost control,” Goncharov, whose responsibilities, incidentally, included monitoring the work of road services, clarified.
At the same time, one of the drivers He claimedthat the official's black Mercedes was moving at a very high speed and making dangerous overtaking maneuvers.
Goncharov did not absolve himself of guilt and paid compensation for moral and material damages, after which the victims requested that the criminal case be closed due to reconciliation between the parties. However, today the official announced his resignation—please note this. draws "People of Baikal" project.
“Unfortunately, I can’t bring back the person who died in the accident,” wrote He's on his Telegram channel. I would not like the negative background in connection with this criminal case to spread to the government of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Governor.”
Last fall, he was dismissed from his post was suspended head of the Aleshkinsky rural settlement in Ryazan region Yuri IsaevWhile driving under the influence, he fatally struck and killed a teenager on a pit bike. The official was also retroactively expelled from United Russia.
And here is the son of a colonel of the Russian National Guard from Vladimir Vasiliev of Yekaterinburg, which killed two people in an accident, tried to get out He was released from prison on parole after serving four years of an eight-year sentence (he even won this decision through the courts). According to eyewitnesses, the son of a high-ranking security official was driving through the city center at over 100 km/h and was in a state of insanity. However, tests showed he was sober (the reason for this discrepancy was revealed a little later: it turned out that his father, instead of the man at fault in the accident, had submitted the test sample). Andrey Vasilyev). After the media reported on the parole of the culprit of the high-profile accident, and a wave of discontent swept through social media, the courts abruptly reversed the decision: Vasiliev still remains in the colony.
Photo: Press Service of the Transbaikal Government
