41 passengers are
hospitalized, five are in serious condition.
MOSCOW, August 8. /
TASS /. Three people, including a child were killed in an accident near
Novorossiysk as a result of a head-on collision that sent a bus and passenger
vehicle off a cliff, the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS on Thursday.
"Of the 45 people who were in the bus and car, 28 were hospitalized, 3
were killed, 14 people were treated on the scene," the agency’s source
said.
According to the
press service of the Krasnodar Region's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the woman
and two children who died as a result of the accident were passengers of the
car that collided with the bus. "All those killed were car passengers — a
woman, and two minors. The driver of a Volkswagen Touareg born in 1974 was
hospitalized in a mildly serious condition," the press service stated.
The number of people
hospitalized is up to 41, five are in serious condition, the Novorossiysk
Deputy Mayor Natalia Mayorova told TASS on Thursday. Previously, the number was
reported at 27. "There are 31 people in our hospital, among them children.
Five are in serious condition," Mayorova stated.
The bus driver
survived. Following examination, he was found to be sober, the press service of
the Krasnodar Region's Ministry of Internal Affairs told TASS.
"The bus driver
survived, he underwent medical examination, as a result of which no alcohol was
found in his blood," the agency’s source said. The driver of the passenger
car also survived the accident. "Both drivers are alive: both of the car
and the bus. The accident happened right near the traffic police post at the
bend to Anapa near Verkhnebakansky," Novorossiysk Mayor Igor Dyachenko
told TASS.
Russia’s
Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case. "The Novorossiysk
Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the traffic accident
involving a Volkswagen-Touareg car and a Hyundai passenger bus on the
Novorossiysk-Kerch highway on the grounds of the violation of Article 264,
paragraph 5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Violation of the
traffic rules and operation of vehicles, resulting in the negligent death of
one or more people).
On Wednesday, around
22:20 Moscow time, on the 16th kilometer of the Novorossiysk-Kerch Strait
highway, a head-on collision occurred between a Volkswagen Touareg and a
Hyundai bus, which sent both vehicles tumbling down the cliff, approximately 30
meters.
Source: ITAR-TASS
08-08-2019
