In California, part of the highway will be renamed in honor of the Ukrainian police

Ventura County authorities are preparing to rename a part of the 101-th highway - the name of the Ukrainian police officer Yevgeny Kostyuchenko, who died here a year ago from a drunken driver’s hitting.

According to the newspaper Ventura County Star, each of the local officers who took the oath wears an emblem with the initials EK. In memory of a colleague who was killed in the performance of official duties, the sheriff’s assistant, Yevgenia Kostyuchenko. Also, on each patrol car of the department today there is a sticker with the initials Kostyuchenko and his badge number. Photo Eugene now adorns the lobby of the police headquarters of the district, being in the most prominent place.

Moreover, the city administration is preparing to install memorial signs with the name of an immigrant from Ukraine on the 101 highway. The solemn event will be held in November of this year.

“Going to work every day, I drive through this stretch of highway,” local sheriff Jeff Dean shared with Ventura Star, “and every time these signs will be a reminder of him, and sometimes my tears come to my eyes.”

Kostyuchenko was shot to death on 28 on October 2014 by a certain recidivist Kevin Hugrefe in the Lewis Road area at the moment when he stopped another driver suspected of driving while drunk.

At the time of his death, the 41-year-old policeman served in the Ventura district for the entire 10 month.

And so far, 25-year-old Californian Kevin Hugrefe, who got into a drunk car on the night of the accident, does not want to admit his guilt. Moreover, the court allowed the suspect to leave the bullpen on bail just a few days after the tragic accident. Despite the fact that Hugrefe wears an electronic bracelet on his leg, as well as undergoing a special treatment program for alcohol dependence, the relatives of the deceased urge the judge to do justice.

Sheriff Jeff Dean says he strongly supports Kostuchenko’s widow and family.

Previously "Forum" reported about a bronze monument to the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine, which was installed in the very center of Washington. Also in Bloomingdale near Chicago Appeared America's first monument to the Heavenly Hundred.