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Kyiv Tesla Crash: Car That Ploughed into Pedestrians Belongs to Yanukovych's “Horse Breeder”, Media Say

Photo: Roman Barabash
Photo: Roman Barabash

Five people were injured.

The owner of the Range Rover that flew into a crowd after colliding with a Tesla in Kyiv may be Konstantin Zgara, a close friend of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

According to reports from “24 Kanal”.

Zgara is a businessman from Donetsk region. He owns the Millennium horse farm in Mariupol and chairs the Jockey Club of Ukraine. He reportedly supplied horses to Viktor Yanukovych earlier.

After the president’s escape, according to the outlet, hunting grounds belonging to Yanukovych in Kyiv region and several properties in the capital were registered to people close to Zgara. The Range Rover that crashed into people in central Kyiv also reportedly belongs to Zgara.

Photo: Odessa Daily
Photo: Odessa Daily

It is unknown whether he was behind the wheel. Eyewitnesses say the driver may have been drunk. Meanwhile, Informator reports that one of two men who got out of the SUV after the accident was in fact Konstantin Zgara. Both left the cabin through the driver’s door, and Zgara, according to the outlet’s sources, called a private ambulance.

Photo: Roman Barabash
Photo: Roman Barabash

The Tesla and Range Rover crash in the capital happened on Monday, August 19, at the intersection of Saksahanskoho and Lva Tolstoho streets. As a result, five pedestrians were hospitalized with injuries.