New York Post

Heiress kills 6 in car crash

- By GABRIELLE FONROUGE and CHRIS PEREZ

The daughter of a Ukrainian oligarch ran a red light and rammed her daddy’s Lexus into a crowd of people — killing a 15-year-old school girl and five others, cops and witnesses said.

Alyona Zaitseva (inset), daughter of oil and property tycoon Vasily Zaitsev, is accused of mowing down numerous people, including a pregnant woman, in the Ukrainian city of Karkiv on Wednesday night, according to The Telegraph.

The 20-year-old heiress was allegedly driving at a high speed when the accident occurred at around 8:45 p.m.

Witnesses and cops said she first “jumped a red light” and then slammed into a Volkswagen Touareg before mounting the curb and plowing into the pedestrian­s.

Zaitseva, who was driving a Lexus SUV, wound up hitting 16 people, six of whom were killed.

“It’s like a war zone,” said one witness, who was at the crash scene helping victims.

A pregnant woman was reportedly among the injured and was still fighting for her life on Thursday. She was one of two people who were said to be in serious condition.

Video of the horrific aftermath shows bodies strewn across the street and desperate onlookers sprinting over to help.

After the incident, Zaitseva’s armed bodyguards reportedly swarmed the scene to protect her from an angry mob.

Zaitseva was uninjured and had not been drinking before the crash, cops said.

She will be detained for three days, but could face up to 10 years in jail.

“There is great grief in our family,” Zaitsev’s father told Kharkiv Today, confirming that he owned the car involved in the crash.

“She has been driving for two years and she’s never had any violations,” he said. “The girl was sober, she was traveling with her friend.”

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