DNA examination confirmed the presence of Michael Efremova behind the wheel during a crash. As stated by the Prosecutor during the court session on the case about the accident with the participation of the artist, the study found on deployed airbags car belonging to him of Ephraim sweat and bacterial cells. In the car the actor also found traces of tetrahydrocannabinol — the substance included in the composition of hashish and hashish oil. Along with this, in the blood of Ephraim discovered traces of cocaine and marijuana and about 1.23 ppm alcohol. The accused pleaded not guilty in the accident, which killed a 57-year-old Sergey Zakharov. The actor said he did not remember the events of that day.

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On the driver’s airbag of the car Mikhail Efremov found biological traces of the actor. It follows from the materials of the criminal case, the Prosecutor announced.

“For triggered airbags for driver discovered the sweat and bacterial cells, which, according to the study of DNA, belong to Ephraim,” said the Prosecutor in the Presnensky court of Moscow, where began the hearing on the merits. Her words leads RIA Novosti.

Protection of the actor previously claimed that at the time of the accident he was in the car. However, the lawyer Ephraim insisted on the lack of evidence of Ephraim stay in the car. According to the artist, he doesn’t remember the events of that day.

In turn, protection of the victims said that they had the video recording made immediately after the accident. According to lawyers, the footage shows that Yefremov out of the car with the driver’s side. To date, the movie is not released, the defense promises to publish it later.

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During today’s proceedings it became known that the car Efremova found a “microscopic” traces of tetrahydrocannabinol — the substance is included including the composition of hashish and hashish oil. In this case, the t-shirt and a bag of Ephraim traces of this substance are not found.

However, blood artist found traces of cocaine and marijuana. Substances found within the blood, who took the actor immediately after the accident. The concentration of drug in the blood of Ephraim is not specified.

In court, the traffic police said about detecting on the results of the medical examination about 1.23 ppm alcohol in the blood of the actor, which corresponds to strong intoxication.

One of the inspectors who promptly arrived to the accident scene, told the court a fragment of conversation with Ephraim right after the accident. According to police, the actor showed signs of intoxication and he admitted to drinking alcohol.

“Yefremov told me he was driving. I asked him a question: “have You driven a car?” He replied: “Yes, I ran”. “Have you been drinking?” “Yes, she consumed an alcoholic beverage,” — said the inspector.

In addition, the Prosecutor noted that the artist exceeded the allowed section speed of 25 km/h.

“Yefremov, while driving, showed criminal negligence, did not foresee the possibility of socially dangerous consequences, exceeded the speed limit at 25 km, moving with a speed of 85 km/h”, — quotes its words of RIA Novosti.

When the actor pleaded not guilty in the incident. “I understand charged. How can I admit guilt when you don’t remember?” Yefremov said.

Recall that the actor was involved in an accident on Smolenskaya square 8 Jun 2020. Efremov was behind the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The car the actor was in the lane of oncoming traffic, where it collided with a Lada van, driven by 57-year-old employee of the company “Delikateska” Sergey Zakharov.

Yefremov during the accident were not injured, but the van driver with multiple injuries were in scientific research Institute Sklifosovsky, where in some hours has died. Later in the Prosecutor’s office said that Yefremov was in a condition of alcoholic and narcotic intoxication. According to media reports, before the accident, the actor spent time in one of Moscow pubs.

After the incident, filed two criminal cases under article “Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, entailed on imprudence death of the person and committed by a person in a state of intoxication” and “Illegal manufacture, sale, or shipment of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues”.

Tagansky court on 9 June sent Ephraim under house arrest for two months. Later, on 13 June, the actor recorded a video message in which he asked for forgiveness from the family Zakharov, expressed readiness to assist them, calling the proposal an attempt to redeem himself. Relatives of the deceased said that do not accept the apology of the actor and his proposed means of refuse

In late July there was another court hearing on the case of road accident with participation of Efremov, the results of which the actor extended the house arrest until January 22, 2021 for six months from the date of receipt of the criminal case to the court.

At sane Ephraim articles to it threatens imprisonment for the term from five till 12 years.