Myantsyuk trial in pictures

Raman Myantsyuk offered his apology to victims of a crash that occurred this past March when traffic police tried to capture him by using civilian vehicles with people still inside. The hearing is to resume on Wednesday.

Myantsyuk is facing a charge of causing a grave bodily injury as a result of a violation of road traffic rules. A passenger of the car driven by him was injured in the incident.

The incident, dubbed the "human roadblock" by the media, occurred near Minsk on March 2. Two traffic police officers used four vehicles, with their occupants still inside, to block a road in order to catch Myantsyuk who was under the influence of alcohol behind the wheel. The chased car, which was said to be moving at a speed of between 160 and 180 kilometers per hour, never stopped and crashed into the vehicles, with a BMW in which a woman and a child were in the back seat hit worst.

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