Drove at 180 km/h, then claimed his car was stolen from a hospital: teen who caused fatal crash in Kharkiv remanded in custody

All other passengers in the Infiniti are in “stable” condition.

The 16-year-old Mykola Kharkivskyi, who caused a fatal crash while driving an Infiniti in Kharkiv, has been remanded in custody at a pretrial detention center for 60 days. 

The Kyivskyi District Court of Kharkiv placed the teenager in custody without the right to post bail.

The defense requested round-the-clock house arrest for the young man. 

The minor is refusing to testify. At the court hearing, he apologized to the family of the victim and the injured.

The prosecution noted that the car was bought for the 16-year-old by his parents. According to the prosecutor, administrative protocols will be drawn up against them for failing to fulfill their parental duties. Kharkivskyi's father was present in the courtroom. 

According to Dmytro Chubenko, press secretary of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the Infiniti was traveling at a speed of 180 km/h. 

According to the investigation, it was the 16-year-old driver of the Infiniti who reported the car stolen after the crash, while he was in the restroom of the emergency hospital.

Ivan Semeniakin
prosecutor

It has been established that Kh. (Kharkivskyi — ed.), while in the restroom of the medical facility, used a phone to call 102 and reported an alleged car theft, intending to mislead the investigation and avoid suspicion.

According to him, at the hospital the minor driver behaved insolently, provided false information and tried to escape.

Ivan Semeniakin
prosecutor

He was brought to the hospital after the crash, provided incorrect personal details by giving his name as Nikita Mikhailovich Mityaev, and listed an address that does not correspond to reality. He tried to leave the premises and was detained by police officers. He behaved insolently.

Kharkivskyi's lawyer said she has not yet discussed appealing the preventive measure. She said she is receiving threats because she is representing Kharkivskyi in court.

The defense attorney said that Kharkivskyi supposedly “does not remember” the circumstances of the crash or whether he was behind the wheel. The suspect himself told the hearing that the car’s “brakes failed”.

As reported by Status Quo, the condition of the three injured Infiniti passengers who were in the car at the time of the crash is “stable.”

One of the injured Infiniti passengers, a 16-year-old girl, will be transferred from the emergency hospital to the trauma department of the regional hospital. It is noted that she needs care from a pediatric trauma specialist and further monitoring.

No relatives of the deceased or the injured have applied to the city council for help. Nevertheless, the city government is ready to provide financial assistance if necessary.

As a result of the crash, which occurred on October 26, the 58-year-old driver of the Chevrolet died at the scene, and three passengers of the Infiniti — two 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old girl with serious injuries — were taken to hospital.