Mercedes driver detained for blocking children ambulance

Mercedes driver detained for blocking children ambulance

Moscow (Web Desk): A Mercedes SUV driver, who did not give precedence to the children’s ambulance, has been detained in Moscow city.

The 34-year-old resident of Moscow, suspected of committing a specified crime, was detained on Monday, Russian media reported.

On Sunday, the REN TV Federal Channel had aired a video showing the Mercedes driver blocking the way for ambulance rushing to a sick child, as it turned out later. The driver left his car to confront the ambulance driver after the latter honked at him a few times.

Following the incident, Russian Investigation Committee head Aleksandr Bastrykin ordered to open the case for blocking the way for an ambulance, according to the Office of Public Affairs of the Russian Investigative Committee.