MOSCOW, June 11 . Russian theater and film actor Stanislav Kuroptev died in an accident at the age of 28, his friend Denis Gagarin reported on VKontakte.
The tragedy occurred on the Yaroslavl-Moscow highway. «Stas Kuroptev… This is a terrible tragedy,» he wrote.
As Gagarin said, while driving along the highway, Kuroptev's car hit a truck, the drivers parked and went to the side of the road to discuss the consequences.
» At that moment, another truck drove into the truck from behind and knocked them down. Stas died on the spot, «said a friend of the actor. He added that Kuroptev's funeral would be held in his homeland in the Arkhangelsk region.
Kuroptev was born on November 24, 1994, graduated from the Yaroslavl Theater Institute, and since 2016 has been working at the Lermontov Stavropol Academic Drama Theater. The actor's filmography includes 12 works, including the series «Code of Honor-7», «Specialist», «Cuba. Personal File», «Rostov», «Reserved Special Forces» and others.