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DAY OF MOURNING IN MOSCOW AFTER DEADLY CRASH
Voice of Russia
July 15 2013
Jul 14, 2013 13:13
Rescue service work on the site where a public transit bus en
route from Podolsk to Kurkino just outside Moscow collided with a
gravel-loaded KAMAZ truck, killing 18 (RIA Novosti)
Rescue service work on the site where a public transit bus en
route from Podolsk to Kurkino just outside Moscow collided with a
gravel-loaded KAMAZ truck, killing 18 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow declared a day of mourning on Monday after a truck ploughed
into a packed passenger bus outside Moscow on Saturday, killing 18
people - the youngest a six-year-old girl - and injuring dozens more.
The regional acting governor promised additional vehicle inspections
after the incident.
The truck driver is regarded as the main suspect in the deadly road
accident near Podolsk, the interior ministry's press service said. He
was questioned in hospital on Sunday.
Officials said the injuries were particularly severe as the truck was
carrying gravel which poured onto the passengers in the bus and then
covered the roadside.
The accident on Saturday afternoon was one of the worst road tragedies
in Moscow, whose traffic-clogged roads have become ever more dangerous
in recent years.
According to preliminary information, the truck hit the bus after it
turned onto a main road, smashing the bus in two with the force of
the crash.
The driver - an Armenian citizen who had received repeated
traffic violation warnings this year - survived the crash and is in
"satisfactory" condition in hospital, which "allows the investigation
to work with him," the head of the Moscow health department Georgy
Golukhov said.
More than 60 people were injured in the accident with 32 remaining
in hospital overnight for treatment, the health ministry said.
A dozen victims were said to be in serious condition.
"We will raise the question of additional inspections of more than
5,000 buses at a meeting of the Moscow Region administration," acting
Governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Sunday, adding that such inspections
were critical.
While public transportation vehicles are regularly inspected, it
is vital to exclude any possibility of such accidents occurring,
the acting governor said.
Earlier, he said his administration would initiate federal and regional
legislation to toughen laws on the roads.
http://ruvr.co.uk/2013_07_14/Russian-police-question-truck-driver-after-deadly-crash/
Voice of Russia
July 15 2013
Jul 14, 2013 13:13
Rescue service work on the site where a public transit bus en
route from Podolsk to Kurkino just outside Moscow collided with a
gravel-loaded KAMAZ truck, killing 18 (RIA Novosti)
Rescue service work on the site where a public transit bus en
route from Podolsk to Kurkino just outside Moscow collided with a
gravel-loaded KAMAZ truck, killing 18 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow declared a day of mourning on Monday after a truck ploughed
into a packed passenger bus outside Moscow on Saturday, killing 18
people - the youngest a six-year-old girl - and injuring dozens more.
The regional acting governor promised additional vehicle inspections
after the incident.
The truck driver is regarded as the main suspect in the deadly road
accident near Podolsk, the interior ministry's press service said. He
was questioned in hospital on Sunday.
Officials said the injuries were particularly severe as the truck was
carrying gravel which poured onto the passengers in the bus and then
covered the roadside.
The accident on Saturday afternoon was one of the worst road tragedies
in Moscow, whose traffic-clogged roads have become ever more dangerous
in recent years.
According to preliminary information, the truck hit the bus after it
turned onto a main road, smashing the bus in two with the force of
the crash.
The driver - an Armenian citizen who had received repeated
traffic violation warnings this year - survived the crash and is in
"satisfactory" condition in hospital, which "allows the investigation
to work with him," the head of the Moscow health department Georgy
Golukhov said.
More than 60 people were injured in the accident with 32 remaining
in hospital overnight for treatment, the health ministry said.
A dozen victims were said to be in serious condition.
"We will raise the question of additional inspections of more than
5,000 buses at a meeting of the Moscow Region administration," acting
Governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Sunday, adding that such inspections
were critical.
While public transportation vehicles are regularly inspected, it
is vital to exclude any possibility of such accidents occurring,
the acting governor said.
Earlier, he said his administration would initiate federal and regional
legislation to toughen laws on the roads.
http://ruvr.co.uk/2013_07_14/Russian-police-question-truck-driver-after-deadly-crash/