An accident with a bus in the Stavropol Territory. What is known

In the Stavropol Territory, six people were killed and 38 injured, including 11 children, as a result of a collision between a passenger bus and a KAMAZ truck and a subsequent exit into a ditch. Four of the injured are in intensive care. A criminal case has been opened into the accident. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

The circumstances of the incident

The accident occurred on August 30 in the Stavropol Territory. According to preliminary information, the driver of the Serra bus en route Georgia – Moscow exceeded the safe speed and did not keep the necessary distance to the KAMAZ moving ahead.

This led to a collision, after which the bus went into a ditch. There were 43 people on the bus at the time of the accident.

Injured and deceased

As a result of the accident, six people were killed. 38 passengers were injured, including 11 children and teenagers. The governor of the Stavropol Territory, Vladimir Vladimirov, said that four victims were in intensive care. All the wounded were taken to hospitals in the region.

The UK has opened a criminal case

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Stavropol Territory has opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence").

It is specified that law enforcement officers establish all the circumstances of the incident, inspect the accident site and collect materials. In addition, the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to provide a report on the progress of the criminal investigation.