Mikhail Efremov's Moscow crash: drugs, alcohol, fines and other details
Russian actor faces 5 to 12 years in prison.
On Monday, June 8, at 21:44, drunk Russian actor Mikhail Efremov caused a crash in central Moscow that killed a man. This is reported by Meduza.
The Honored Artist of Russia, driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee at speed, veered into the oncoming lane on the Garden Ring, where he collided with a Lada van and several other cars. The Lada driver, Sergei Zakharov, born in 1963, suffered an open thigh fracture, rib fractures, a closed traumatic brain injury and combined head trauma. Zakharov was hospitalized, and on the morning of June 9 he died.
Police opened a criminal case against Mikhail Efremov initially under Part 2 of Article 264 of the Russian Criminal Code (up to 7 years in prison), but later upgraded it to Part 4 of Article 264 of the Russian Criminal Code (5 to 12 years in prison).
Russian media reported that Efremov's lawyer, Vitaly Chernyshev, had supposedly said the actor admitted his guilt. However, Chernyshev later clarified that Efremov did not deny his involvement in the crash, and that he could officially admit guilt only during an interrogation, which has not yet taken place. RT reported that house arrest would be chosen as the preventive measure for Efremov.
Initially, Baza reported that actor Ivan Stebunov and his wife Elena Vlasova were in the car with Efremov. Later, Stebunov denied the information in a comment to 360, and TASS confirmed that Efremov was alone.
Efremov was detained at the crash site. Testing showed 2.1 ppm of alcohol (0.5-0.7 liters of vodka), reports Baza. Later, the Honored Artist of Russia was released under a written undertaking not to leave the city and to maintain proper conduct, TASS reports. Efremov did not deny that he got behind the wheel drunk.
Later, traces of drugs were found in Efremov's blood, TASS writes. In particular, cocaine and cannabinoids, 112 specifies.
The deceased van driver, Sergei Zakharov, worked as a courier for an online store, Mash reports. He was taken to the Sklifosovsky Research Institute in serious condition.
source: Interfax
The man suffered multiple injuries to vital organs and severe blood loss. Organs began to fail one after another… Doctors fought for his life all night. However, in the morning the man's heart stopped, and it could not be restarted.
Information has also emerged that Efremov's car had 11 unpaid fines totaling 36.5 thousand rubles (about 530 dollars or 14 thousand hryvnias), two of which were issued on June 8, the day of the crash. There were also 143 more fines totaling 235.5 thousand rubles (almost 3,500 dollars or 91.3 thousand hryvnias). Since the beginning of 2020, the actor has been subject to administrative liability 10 times for traffic violations.
Efremov was detained after the interrogation, reports Meduza.
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