Almaty businessman's son flees after killing father-of-three in fatal road accident
ALMATY. January 8. KAZINFORM Alexander Mitrofanov, the son of a well-known Almaty's businessman and owner of Zheltoksan LLP Igor Mitrofanov, is wanted by local police after the hit-and-run fatal accident in late December, Express K newspaper says.
The police are looking for Mitrofanov who struck and killed Adilgazy Murkassymov, the 49-year-old resident of Almaty city on December 29. The victim was walking across the street at a light when Mitrofanov's dark-colored Range Rover hit him. The eyewitnesses confirm the car knocked him at least 4m into the air. The 23-year-old Mitrofanov helped paramedics load the man who was still alive into an ambulance and fled the scene after the accident.
Sadly, Murkassymov was pronounced dead shortly after he was taken to the hospital. He left behind three kids. According to the police, Murkassymov had been out that night buying meds for his younger disabled daughter. His wife passed away two years ago.
The police say this is not the first road-rage incident young Mitrofanov is involved in.