In Kamian-Kashyrskyi district of Volyn Oblast on September 10, 2026, a serious road traffic accident involving a service vehicle of the notification group of the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support (TCC) occurred. A local resident born in 1990, driving his own passenger car, "cut off" the military vehicle, causing it to lose control and crash into an electrical pole. Four servicemen were inside the vehicle; all of them sustained injuries of varying severity and were taken to a medical facility.

Circumstances of the accident

According to the Volyn Oblast police and the Volyn Oblast TCC, the incident took place on Thursday, September 10, in the village of Vorokomlia. A man driving a personal vehicle performed a maneuver during which he "cut off" the military service vehicle. The TCC vehicle's driver did not have time to react to the sudden appearance of the civilian vehicle; the car left its trajectory of travel and collided with an electrical pole. A cordon tape was put up at the scene, and law enforcement officers conducted an inspection and documented the circumstances of the accident.

Condition of the injured

As reported by the Volyn Oblast TCC, all four servicemen inside the vehicle were injured in the accident. The driver of the service vehicle was in a serious condition, while the front-seat passenger sustained injuries of moderate severity. Two other servicemen seated in the rear row escaped with abrasions and bruises. All the injured were sent to a medical facility for treatment.

Legal consequences for the driver

Law enforcement officers detained the man born in 1990 under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Investigators are considering notifying him of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 350 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — being in a state of intoxication that caused harm or a violation of traffic rules. The sanction for this article provides for imprisonment for a term of five to twelve years. The investigation is ongoing.

Contradictory data

There are minor discrepancies between sources in the description of the incident's circumstances. In the statement of the police and the Volyn TCC, as well as in an RBK-Ukraine publication, one specific driver is named — a man born in 1990 who was driving a personal vehicle. However, the TSN outlet uses the phrasing "civilians cut off the TCC van" in its headline and text, which may imply the presence of several individuals in the civilian vehicle. In addition, Antikor's materials state that the service vehicle "flipped over" after colliding with the electrical pole, whereas the official statements focus specifically on the collision with the pole without directly mentioning a rollover. Both versions do not exclude each other: the vehicle may have first crashed into the pole and then overturned. The question of the exact dynamics of the accident will be clarified during the investigation.

Context: a series of incidents involving the TCC

This road accident occurred against the backdrop of a series of high-profile incidents involving TCC servicemen in various regions of Ukraine. In Lviv, law enforcement officers initiated an internal review following a conflict involving TCC servicemen, a police officer, and a civilian woman; the incident occurred during the conduct of notification activities. In Chernihiv Oblast, a TCC serviceman was notified of suspicion in connection with the brutal detention of a civilian man, whose arm was broken during the incident. These events, against the backdrop of the accident in Volyn, once again raise the question of the safety of conducting notification activities and the interaction between military personnel and civilians on the roads.