SARATOV, Mar 18The probable culprit of the accident in Penza, which killed two people and injured four, was the driver of a bus carrying residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region, among whom there are children, the prosecutor's office of the Penza region reported.
Earlier, the traffic police in the region reported that an Iveco minibus and a Kia Cerato car collided on Saturday afternoon on Gagarin Street in Penza, as a result, the driver of the car and his passenger, born in 2015, died, four more bus passengers sought medical help .
The prosecutor's office has begun an investigation into the accident, during which the circumstances and causes of the accident will be established, and an assessment will be made of the implementation of traffic safety legislation. «If there are grounds, the necessary measures of the prosecutor's response will be taken,» the department stressed.
A source in emergency services specified that 25 residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region were on the bus.