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The rich kid daughter of a Ukrainian oligarch ran a red light and plowed into a crowd of people this week, killing a 15-year-old school girl and five others, reports said.

Witnesses said Alyona Zaitseva, 20 — the daughter of the Ukranian energy kingpin Vasily Zaitsev — left a Kharkiv street corner looking like a “war zone” after she crashed her Lexus into a Volkswagon Touareg and jumped the curb, leaving dozens injured, including a 7-month-old pregnant woman who is fighting for her life, the International Business Times reported.

Alyona Zaitseva© Vkontakte / east2west newsAlyona Zaitseva© Vkontakte / east2west news

The heiress’s armed body guards swarmed the scene after the crash to protect her from an angry mob of people who witnessed the incident, the outlet said.

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

So far, three of the dead have been named, including a 25-year-old, a 24-year-old and a 36-year-old.

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

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

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