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A 20-year-old millionaire's daughter killed six people after she "jumped a red light and rammed into a crowd" at a pedestrian crossing, say police.
There was carnage of the streets of Ukrainian city Kharkiv after her speeding Lexus struck a VW Touareg before completely overturning and landing on its wheels and then crashing into a group waiting to cross the road.
Six were killed and a dozen more injured in the collision.
Heiress Alyona Zaitseva's armed bodyguards drove up in two jeeps immediately after the crash and protected her from a furious crowd who witnessed the appalling crash.
The dead included a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
"It's like a war zone," said one onlooker seeking to care for the injured.
A 20-year-old millionaire's daughter killed six people after she "jumped a red light and rammed into a crowd" at a pedestrian crossing, say police.
There was carnage of the streets of Ukrainian city Kharkiv after her speeding Lexus struck a VW Touareg before completely overturning and landing on its wheels and then crashing into a group waiting to cross the road.
Six were killed and a dozen more injured in the collision.
Heiress Alyona Zaitseva's armed bodyguards drove up in two jeeps immediately after the crash and protected her from a furious crowd who witnessed the appalling crash.
The dead included a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
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Ms Zaitseva, 20, daughter of local energy company multi-millionaire Vasily Zaitsev, was uninjured.
A shocking video of the aftermath of the crash showed bodies strewn on the pavement.
Among the seriously wounded is a woman who is seven months pregnant, described as being in a grave condition in hospital.
Student Ms Zaitseva was detained initially for three days.
Police said she was found not to have been drinking before the crash.
If convicted she faces up to ten years in jail.
Local bloggers expressed fears that because of her powerful father she will be exonerated despite witnesses saying she sped through the red light.
The driver of the Touareg, Gennady Dronov, 49, was on a green light when the vehicles collided, according to witnesses.
Three of the dead were named as Elena Berchenko, 25, Yury Neudachin, 24, Oksana Nesterenko, 36.