CHELYABINSK, December 19 The driver of a car in the oncoming lane at night collided with a truck on the road in the Lebyazhyevsky district of the Kurgan region, as a result of the accident 3 people were killed , reported the press service of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region.
According to the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, the accident occurred on Tuesday at about 04.00 (02.00 Moscow time) on the 360th kilometer of the Irtysh highway Chelyabinsk-Kurgan-Omsk-Novosibirsk.
“»A driver born in 1970, driving a Renault Logan, was driving from the city of Makushino towards Kurgan. According to preliminary information, the man did not choose a safe speed, lost control of the car and drove into oncoming traffic, causing a collision with a Sitrak car with a Kogel semi-trailer. As a result, the driver of the car and his two passengers (a woman born in 1974 and a young man born in 1995) died at the scene of the accident,» the report says.
Currently, preliminary investigation authorities are conducting an investigation into the accident, as specified in the message.