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URGENT: Police officer killed in Almaty region road crash

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10:30 26.06.2012
text: Kazinform
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A police officer was killed in a road accident that took place in Almaty region, the region's internal affairs department said.

A 62-year-old driver of an Audi-80 drove into oncoming traffic and collided with a police car with two policemen inside. Staff sergeant S. Dumchebayev, born in 1980, died at the scene.

Junior sergeant G. Sulaimanov, born in 1985, and an Audi-80 passenger were taken to hospital.

As it turned out during the preliminary investigation, the driver of the Audi-80 was in a state of intoxication. The criminal case was initiated. The suspect was taken to temporary detention facility of Ili district police department.