According to police, at 05.26 am., May 25, a BMW driver (aged 28) rammed into a concrete fence of the police checkpoint in Koksay microdistrict, Karasai district of Almaty region, following which crashed into a patrol car with two officers inside.
One of the police officers – 42-year-old senior lieutenant Zharas Zhangaziyev, born in 1978, died from injuries before the ambulance arrived. The deceased was a native of West Kazakhstan region and served in law enforcement agencies since 2001. He was married with two daughters.
The second police officer – sergeant Dastan Abdykanov, born in 1994, died later in the hospital. He was a native of Almaty and served in law enforcement since 2016. He was married and had a 1-month-old newborn daughter.