At least 16 dead after truck collision in Russia

Three folks additionally injured after a truck slammed right into a stationary minibus in Russia’s Ulyanovsk area.

A minimum of 16 folks died and one other three had been hospitalised after a truck collided with a stationary minibus in Russia’s Ulyanovsk area.

“Based on preliminary knowledge, the motive force of a heavy items automobile didn't decelerate in good time and hit a stationary minibus,” Ulyanovsk’s inside ministry stated in a press release on Sunday.

Roadworks on the scene of the accident meant the minibus was ready in a queue to maneuver. “The minibus was wedged between two lorries,” the ministry stated.

Video footage broadcast by the police confirmed the crumpled husk of what seemed to be the minibus sandwiched between two vehicles and emergency service staff inspecting the flattened automobile.

Russia’s investigative committee opened a legal investigation, the TASS information company reported, including the truck driver was amongst these killed.

Three different folks, two males and a lady, had been taken to hospital in a severe situation, Ulyanovsk Governor Alexei Russkikh wrote on Telegram.

Violations of highway security laws are frequent in Russia, the place a number of lethal bus accidents have occurred lately.

In January, 5 folks had been killed and 21 injured in a bus crash within the Ryazan area, 270km (170 miles) south of Moscow.

In December 2019, a bus with 40 passengers on board plunged right into a frozen river within the Zabaikalsk area of Siberia, killing 19 folks and injuring 21.