In Kazakhstan, former police officer Abylai Zharylkasynuly has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the case of a deadly traffic accident on the Almaty–Khorgos highway that killed three people. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
In addition, the court ordered the convicted man to pay 29 million tenge to the family of the victims.
How the accident happened
The accident occurred on June 23 at the 123rd kilometer of the Almaty–Khorgos highway. According to police, the driver of a Haval crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with an Audi 100.
As a result of the crash, the driver and two passengers of the Audi died at the scene.
What relatives said
A relative of the victims, Gulzana, had earlier said on social media that the person behind the wheel of the Haval was a police officer in a state of alcohol intoxication. Later, according to HALYQSTAN, an examination found 3.3 promille of ethyl alcohol in Abylai Zharylkasynuly's blood.
"My sister, her husband, their children and their granddaughter, who was 10 months old, were driving in their own car, not suspecting that a car driven by a person in a state of alcohol intoxication would soon crash into them. Seconds — and our life was divided into before and after," the relative of the victims wrote.
According to her, the crash killed her 40-year-old sister, the sister's 41-year-old husband and their 19-year-old daughter. Two children and the 10-month-old granddaughter survived. The deceased young woman left behind a small daughter.
The court's decision
Relatives of the victims said they consider the verdict fair.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that after the crash on the Almaty–Khorgos highway, a relative of the deceased family had asked for the case to be publicized and for those responsible not to escape accountability.
Later, journalist Mikhail Kozachkov reported that the person behind the wheel of the Haval was an active police officer, Abylai Zharylkasynuly, and that an examination found 3.3 promille of alcohol in his blood. At that time, law enforcement agencies did not officially confirm this information.