A four-year-old boy was hit by a driver in the Tomsk region.

In the Tomsk region, a Gazelle driver without a license hit a four-year-old boy. This was announced on Tuesday, June 24, by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

"On June 23, at about 20:30 Moscow time, a traffic accident occurred in the village of Zonalnaya Station in the Tomsk region. The 31-year—old driver, who did not have a license to drive vehicles, hit a four-year-old boy," the Telegram channel of the departments said.

The child was hospitalized with a fractured skull base.

A criminal case has been opened on the fact of violation of traffic rules by a person without a license, which negligently caused serious harm to health (Part 2 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The Prosecutor's office is establishing the circumstances and causes of the incident.

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