The death of the champion – a fatal accident occurred in the Rivne area.

A fatal accident occurred in the Rivne area on the Kiev-Chop highway and a famous athlete, Andrey Pushkar, was killed. The incident happened today at around 15:00 on November 14th.

"According to preliminary information, a driver of a Citroen car on the road between the village of Gai-Levyatinsk, a 26-year-old resident of the famous Ukrainian athlete Ostrog district, and Krupets, lost control and drove the oncoming traffic 30- In summer residents of Chernivtsi area", – reported to the police.

As a result of the accident, the van driver was taken to the hospital in a serious condition. On board the van, the driver's father, a 50-year-old resident of Ostrogu and two athletes from the Ternopil region boarded. They suffered incompatible injuries to life.

We continue to work in the field with investigative teams, patrol officers and rescue personnel.

According to local media reports, the deceased were 33-year-old Andrey Pushkar, a Ukrainian athlete from Kremenets, a wrestler, a trainer, several Ukrainian sports champions, 16 European champions and 15 worlds Champions, and so on.

Another famous Ukrainian wrestler Oleg Zhokh received intensive care and his father died.

A site called "Today" In Ukraine, there are more accidents on the road. Despite a 12% increase in traffic accidents in 2016 or 16,000 accidents per year, the number of serious accidents decreased by 20% and 815 people died.

Also in 2017 Drunken drivers have caused almost 6,000 traffic accidents in Ukraine. More than 100 people have been killed by the car owner's criminal activity.