A highway patrolman in Siberia has committed suicide after running over a seven-year-old girl in his car, investigators in the Buryatia Republic reported on Monday.
The 32-year-old officer, who was not identified, took the girl to hospital after hitting her while returning to his station from his dinner break.
After delivering her to the hospital, the man drove into a wooded area near the town of Ust-Barguzin and shot himself in the head with his service weapon. He was found dead at the scene.
The report said the girl sustained injuries to her head and spine, but did not say if they were life threatening.
Russia has been on edge the past week following a number of gruesome traffic accidents that resulted in multiple fatalities, particularly one in Moscow on September 22 that killed seven pedestrians, including five children.
