Yefremov will go to Moscow for medical treatment after leaving the penal colony.

Actor Mikhail Yefremov, who was convicted of a fatal drunk driving accident and received parole, will go to Moscow for treatment after leaving the penal colony. His lawyer, Yuri Padalko, informed Izvestia about this on March 25.

He clarified that the actor will be treating a lung disease. He will be released from prison on April 9.

The inevitability of repentance: Mikhail Yefremov will be released from prison ahead of schedule

The court took into account the exemplary behavior of the artist and decided on parole.

Earlier, on March 24, the Alekseevsky District Court of the Belgorod region granted the artist's petition for parole. Yefremov was banned from driving vehicles and changing his place of residence without warning until the end of the actual term.

The accident involving Yefremov occurred on June 8, 2020, on Smolenskaya Square in Moscow. His SUV flew into oncoming traffic and collided with a Lada van. The driver of the van, Sergey Zakharov, died. The actor was intoxicated at the time of the accident, and traces of narcotic substances were also found in his body. He received 7.5 years in prison.

Yefremov served half of his sentence and had been eligible to apply for early release for almost a year. Without him, the 61-year-old actor, who is experiencing health problems, would not have been able to be released before 2027.