South Wales PoliceA woman who escaped from Ukraine’s Russian invasion was killed while going home from work, while her friend over the phone, has been heard by an inquiry.
40 -year -old Tetiana Martinova from Kharkiv, with her son, 13 in 2022, went to Swansey.
An inquiry heard that after finishing work on 31 January 2024, he had collided with a car on Nath Road in Moriston, and threw “some distance” towards the opposite Carizway.
The friend she was talking to “Hurd a Thood” and admitted that Ms. Martinova had dropped her phone.
He was transferred to the University Hospital in Wales, Cardiff, where he died Dreadful brain injury on 1 FebruaryWith the cause of death given in Swanasi inquiries in the form of a road traffic collision.
The driver of the vehicle, Tata Steel Worker Jamie Hitchings, was returning home after working in a shift from 6 am to 6 pm at Steelworks, heard by interrogation.
Mr. Hitchings said that he had not seen Ms. Martinova, who was all wearing black clothes and crossing the “unusual part of the road” until immediately before the collision.
He said that he slammed his brake before getting out of the car to help Ms. Martinova.
Mr. Hitchings used some nearby cones to close the road, trying to get a response from Ms. Martinova.
Giving evidence, a forensic collision for the South Wales Police, PC Carl Painter said that only one street light was illuminated.
He said the surface was wet with the surface “restricted visibility” along the road due to rain fall, darkness of the location and road topography.
The Swanasi Council also confirmed the police that the street lighting was shut down at that time, as part of Measures to reduce national energyWhich included switching lights after a risk evaluation.
The South Wales Police reviewed the circumstances and decided to take any further action.
Co -worker and friend, Mitchell Haves served in an account with Ms. Martinova and said that she looked happy that day, sharing her plans to return home in Ukraine in time, as her role allowed her to work from a distance.
Dr. David and Catherine Lloyd hosted Ms. Martinova when she and her son arrived in Britain, and earlier said they saw her as their own daughter, saying that she was “heartbroken”, saying she was no longer with her.
Ms. Martinova was described as being a “warm and attractive personality” and was highly considered by her employers’ runtech, who promised her future employment on her home returning to the country.
The couple said in a statement that she was “very conscious of road safety and was able to cross the roads, to find out which path to see, and the right vision was light”.
He last saw him on 27 January when he treated the brunch after receiving his first elevated pay check.
Assistant Coronor Paul Bennett stated that Ms. Martinova was wearing black clothes in a “unusual” crossing area, which was not burnt with streetlighting.
He concluded that Ms. Martinova died due to a road traffic collision.
