Police officer jailed for five years over fatal Termez crash
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Police officer jailed for five years over fatal Termez crash
A police officer has been given a five-year prison sentence for causing a road accident in a service car in Termez, Surkhondaryo province, that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old boy.
The Termez city criminal court ruled that the officer, identified as K.A., was guilty under Article 266, Part 2 of the Criminal Code, which deals with violations of traffic safety rules. He was also prohibited from driving any type of vehicle for three years.
The accident happened at around 11:20 a.m. on April 5, 2026. K.A. was driving a Nexia-2 service car from a secondary street onto a main road without stopping at a stop sign and collided with the left side of a Cobalt. The Cobalt then swerved toward a pedestrian crossing and hit the boy, who died at the scene.
K.A. admitted guilt but said the brakes had failed. “I braked when I was 7-8 metres from the sign, but the car did not stop,” he testified.
A forensic examination by the Republican Forensic Examination Center’s Surkhondaryo provincial branch did not confirm that claim. Experts determined that the Nexia-2’s steering and service brakes were functioning properly before the crash. They said the impact damaged a part that cut a brake-fluid pipe, meaning the fault occurred during the collision. They also concluded that the Cobalt driver could not have avoided the crash.
The boy’s father told the court that he had no complaint against the Cobalt driver and requested the toughest punishment permitted by law.
Earlier, a driver in Namangan who caused an accident while carrying 12 children in a Damas was reported to have been jailed for two years.