C .-PETERSBURG, September 8. The girl, who was seriously injured in an accident with a group of cyclists in the Leningrad region, was transferred to the intensive care unit of the clinic of the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (SPbSPMU) of the Russian Ministry of Health on Friday, the university reported.
Earlier it was reported that on Thursday, at the 59th kilometer of the Scandinavia highway, the driver of a Scania tractor, for an unknown reason, ran into a Ford passenger car moving in the same direction, accompanying a group of 11 schoolgirl cyclists aged 14-15 years. From the impact, the car ran over the athletes. According to police, as a result of the accident, two cyclists died at the scene from their injuries. According to updated information from the authorities of the Leningrad region, two people were killed and ten people were injured in the accident.
As the press service of the Russian Ministry of Health reported on Friday, two of the ten victims remain in stable and serious condition. One of them, a 14-year-old girl, with a concomitant injury, was transferred to the clinic of St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University for comprehensive treatment.
““This patient has just been admitted to the intensive care unit,” said the agency’s interlocutor.
As noted in the materials of the Pediatric University, the girl, who was transferred from city hospital No. 40, was diagnosed with complex spinal fractures and other injuries.
Earlier, the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation announced the initiation of a criminal case for violation of traffic rules after an accident in the Leningrad region, where two girl cyclists died. Currently, the driver has been charged, and the police investigation will petition the court for his arrest.
As Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov reported, athletes from the Olympic reserve school from Sestroretsk were involved in an accident.