{"id":7121,"date":"2026-11-05T21:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/05\/nighttime-tragedy-in-the-village-of-iza-truck-fatally-strikes-65-year-old-pedestrian\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:33:29","slug":"nighttime-tragedy-in-the-village-of-iza-truck-fatally-strikes-65-year-old-pedestrian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/nighttime-tragedy-in-the-village-of-iza-truck-fatally-strikes-65-year-old-pedestrian\/","title":{"rendered":"Nighttime Tragedy in the Village of Iza: Truck Fatally Strikes 65-Year-Old Pedestrian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The fatal collision occurred around 4 a.m. on an unlit stretch of road. The man died at the scene from his injuries; the truck driver was sober.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fatal nighttime traffic accident occurred in the Khust district.<\/a> In the village of Iza, a truck struck a local resident who was on the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to law enforcement officials in Transcarpathia, a report of the traffic accident was received today at approximately 4:20 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circumstances of the collision on Tsentralna Street<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It has been preliminarily established that a 77-year-old resident of Khust, driving a \u201cMAN\u201d<\/strong> truck along Central Street, was traveling on an unlit section of the road under conditions of limited visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While driving, the truck driver failed to notice a pedestrian who was on the roadway and struck the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact from the large vehicle proved fatal: a 65-year-old resident of the neighboring village of Lypcha sustained severe, life-threatening injuries and died before emergency medical services arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Sober Driver and the Police Investigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Police officers tested the 77-year-old truck driver for alcohol or drug intoxication\u2014the man was sober while driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In connection with the fatal accident, investigators from the police department opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> (violation of traffic safety rules or vehicle operation regulations by persons driving vehicles, resulting in the death of the victim).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law enforcement officials have now ordered a series of necessary engineering, traffic, and forensic medical examinations to determine the exact speed of the vehicle, the pedestrian\u2019s path, and all the details of the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:<\/strong> Main Directorate of the National Police in Zakarpattia Oblast.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fatal collision occurred around 4 a.m. on an unlit stretch of road. The man died at the scene from his injuries; the truck driver was sober. A fatal nighttime traffic accident occurred in the Khust district. In the village of Iza, a truck struck a local resident who was on the roadway. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389,1397],"tags":[2071,2067,2069,2070,2068],"class_list":["post-7121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zakarpattia-news","category-khust-district","tag-fatal-traffic-accident-in-the-village-of-iza","tag-hitting-a-pedestrian","tag-news-about-car-accidents","tag-news-from-the-khust-region","tag-nighttime-accidents-involving-pedestrians-in-zakarpattia-oblast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}