The investigative Committee (SK) opened a criminal case on the fact of inadequate provision of services which caused the death of seven persons in road accidents in the Kaliningrad region. On Saturday, September 23, the official representative of SK Svetlana Petrenko, reports TASS.
“The fact of rendering of services of inadequate quality, which entailed by negligence the death of seven persons in the accident, a criminal case under part 3 of article 238 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“Rendering services not meeting safety requirements”),” — said Petrenko.
The authorities of the Kaliningrad region initiated additional inspections of carriers in connection with the accident. “Monday will be held a meeting at which a decision will be made about the initiation of new audits of carriers and tightening control over their activities,” — said TASS in the press service of the regional government, noting that the control over the work of carriers is ongoing.
The accident occurred Friday night on route Kaliningrad — Chernyakhovsk near the village Soldatove guard district. As a result, seven people were killed, eight people were injured. According to preliminary data, the cause of the collision was the departure on a counter of one of the cars.