General Director of “Eurasian Corporation bus” Oksana Nikitina detained on the case of an accident involving a bus in Tatarstan, which killed at least 14 people. On Sunday, July 2, according to the website of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
In addition, the firm that owns the bus, is being searched. As reported “Interfax”, Nikitin refused to comment.
The fact of the accident two criminal cases — under part 3 of article 238 (“the services that do not meet the requirements of safety of life and health of consumers, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons”) and part 5 of article 264 (“Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons”) the criminal code of the Russian Federation.
Accident involving a passenger bus took place on the night of July 2 at the 52nd kilometer of the route Almetyevsk — Zainsk. The vehicle, carrying three dozen people, faced with moving in the passing direction the truck MAN, which was towed by KAMAZ.
The investigation is considering several versions of what happened. “Maybe the driver was blinded by the lights, fell asleep at the wheel or didn’t have to deal with management when overtaking”, — quotes RIA Novosti news Agency words of the head of the investigative Department of the TFR in the region of Elvira Gazizova.
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