In Crimea, a drunk Russian policewoman fatally hit a Belarusian man — and fled the scene of the accident
In a place where there was a speed limit sign of 40 km/h, the 25-year-old investigator was speeding at about 90 km/h. And she crashed.
On July 1, 2023, a 45-year-old Belarusian builder, who had been traveling to Russia and occupied Crimea for work for over seven years, went with two colleagues to a shop for cigarettes in the evening. They were walking on the roadside of the Znamenskoye-Dalyokoye-Peschany Karyer road, near the village of Chernomorskoye in the westernmost part of the peninsula.
That same evening, senior police investigator Natalia Gamolya of Crimea was relaxing with a friend by the sea nearby, in the village of Okunevka. During the day, they drank a bottle of champagne between them on the beach. Around ten in the evening, Gamolya got behind the wheel of her father's "ZAZ Chance" and drove with her friend to the shop — on a road where repairs were underway and a speed limit of 40 km/h was in effect.
An expert examination later determined: her car was traveling at about 90 km/h. Seeing the men in the headlights, she did not slow down. The impact was so strong that the Belarusian man was thrown 10-15 meters forward along the road. The policewoman did not stop — she drove another 300 meters, parked the damaged car near the shop, and walked away with her friend, trying to hide, until local traffic police officers accidentally stumbled upon them.
The Belarusian man died on the spot from multiple injuries — fractured ribs and spine, aortic rupture, and craniocerebral trauma. An alcohol test showed Gamolya had 0.83 permille — almost twice the permissible limit. At the official medical examination later, 0.55 permille was recorded. According to police witnesses, she tried to falsify the test results several times.
In court, Gamolya admitted guilt only partially: she claimed she hadn't seen any road signs, didn't feel the effects of alcohol, and stopped as soon as she could — then simply looked for a parking spot. Witnesses and surveillance camera footage did not confirm this version.
The Chernomorsky District Court of Crimea found the policewoman guilty of negligent manslaughter by a drunk driver who fled the scene of the accident and sentenced her to 6 years. However, not in a penal colony, but in a settlement colony, where the regime is much milder: convicts can move freely within the territory and even work outside.
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