THE GLAMOROUS daughter of a rich oligarch has been locked up after a horror car crash that killed five pedestrians in Ukrainian city Kharkiv.

Heiress Alyona Zaitseva has been detained for two months pending an investigation after the horror crash this week. There was carnage of the streets of Ukrainian city Kharkiv after a speeding Lexus struck a VW Touareg before mowing down people waiting on the pavement at a pedestrian crossing. It then overturned before coming to a rest on its side. At least five people were killed, with dozens injured. Bloody scenes of bodies strewn across the pavement have since emerged. Zaitseva wept in her cell after an extraordinary appeal to allow her multi-millionaire father to compensate victims and their families failed.

Oligarch's girl, 20, detained after 6 killed when Lexus mowed down crowd The daughter of a rich oligarch, Alyona Zaitseva's has been detained after she allegedly sped into another car before hitting a group of pedestrians, killing six. 1 / 6 Twitter There was carnage of the streets of Ukrainian city Kharkiv after a speeding Lexus struck a VW Touareg before completely overturning There was carnage of the streets of Ukrainian city Kharkiv after a speeding Lexus struck a VW Touareg

EAST2WEST GLAMOUR: Alyona is daughter of a wealthy businessman

TWITTER CARNAGE: Bodies can be seen lying on the ground after the incident

A court in Kharkiv was told that contrary to earlier denials there was evidence in a urine test of drug-taking, consistent with cannabis use. A blood test showed her clear of alcohol and drugs, and further analysis has been ordered. The glamorous oligarch's daughter was seen in tears alone in the courtroom cage at the start of a legal process which could see her jailed for ten years. In an extraordinary message from the dock to the bereaved and injured, the weeping heiress said: "I am sorry that this situation happened and people suffered. "This is the only thing that truly concerns me now. "I am hoping that families will allow my parents to help them because this is the worst that could happen. "All my thoughts are about it."

NIKOLAY KRIVOLAPOFF/UNIAN LOCKED UP: Zaitseva will be detained for the next two months

Heiress Alyona Zaitseva's armed bodyguards drove up in two jeeps immediately after the crash and protected her from a furious crowd who witnessed the appalling crash. The dead included a 15-year-old schoolgirl. "It's like a war zone," said one onlooker seeking to care for the injured. Zaitseva, 20, daughter of local energy company boss and multi-millionaire Vasily Zaitsev, was uninjured.

EAST 2 WEST NEWS DETAINED: Alyona Zaitseva was allegedly at the wheel of the Lexus

NIKOLAY KRIVOLAPOFF/UNIAN CARNAGE: Six people were