KIEV, March 23 – Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's youngest son, Viktor, has died, said Nestor Shufrych, Ukrainian lawmaker and member of the Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction.

"Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych has died under tragic circumstances. He died as he lived - at the wheel of a car," Shufrych said, according to his press service's posting on Facebook.

Yanukovych's son Viktor was born in Yenakiyeve in Ukraine's Donetsk region on July 16 1981. He is a politician, a deputy of the fifth and sixth Verkhovna Rada, and holds a mastery certificate in car racing.