Tatarstan authorities said, how many people were on the bus involved in the incident
KAZAN, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti, Irina Durnitsyna. The bus collided with a truck in Tatarstan on Sunday night, according to 29 people, the press service of the President of Tatarstan with reference to the Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, located on the site of the accident.
The message about the collision of the passenger bus “the Neoplan” with MAN truck towing rigid hitch car “KAMAZ”, near Zainsk enrolled in 0.40 GMT on Sunday. According to initial information GUMCHS of the Russian Federation in Tatarstan, the bus was carrying 28 people, he followed the route Samara — Izhevsk. As a result of collision the bus overturned on the roadway and caught fire. According to the regional Ministry of health, on the spot killed 13 people, including two children, 15 injured (12 of them were hospitalized).
The regional investigative Committee later said that the bus retrieved the bodies of 14 dead.
“Alexei Pesoshin said that a passenger bus in which there were 29 people (28 passengers and the driver) collided with a truck “KAMAZ”, which is on a rigid hitch dragged a tow truck. In the accident 14 people were killed”, — stated in the message.
A passenger bus collided with “KAMAZ” in Tatarstan. Footage from the scene of the accident.
According to the press service of remaining on treatment in hospitals of the ten victims, five are in a state of moderate severity, five others in serious condition. Three of them were taken to the Republican clinical hospital in Kazan.
Pesoshin recalled that the government of Tatarstan adopted a resolution according to which from the budget of the Republic of bereaved families will receive one-time financial assistance at the rate of 1 million roubles per victim. The victims will receive financial aid depending on the severity of their condition: when mild — 100 thousand rubles, moderate — 200 thousand roubles, severe — 300 thousand rubles.
Upon road accident criminal case under article “violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, entailed on care the death of two or more persons” and “rendering services not meeting requirements of safety of life and health of consumers, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons.”