Rescuers: the bus driver got in an accident on the highway “don”, could fall asleep at the wheel

Rescuers: the bus driver got in an accident on the highway “don”, could fall asleep at the wheel

KRASNODAR, September 26. /TASS/. Rescuers who first arrived on the scene of an accident on the highway “don”, in which seven people died, reported that the bus driver collided with a truck could fall asleep at the wheel, the correspondent of TASS from the event.

“The blow was strong, “Tonar” (MAN truck belongs to the company “Tonar”) was just pulling in, drove 40 kilometers, and the bus moved from the sea. Most likely, the driver fell asleep as it was at 00:40, and at full speed caught up with the “Tonar”. All seats with passengers were at the front of the bus,” — told rescuers the correspondent of TASS.

The source in law enforcement bodies of the region with this opinion agreed. “Most likely, fell asleep at the wheel. The impact was strong. Arrow [speedometer] frozen at 70 [km/h], but this does not mean that this was the speed I could, and a hundred to go. Then the highway up to 110 [km/h] allowed,” he told TASS.

According to him, the investigators will check the blood alcohol of the driver, who was driving.

⚡Loaded the bus injured in the accident under the Hot Key. Terrible accident near the village of Molkino (highway M4 “don”) — night the driver of the passenger bus carrying pilgrims from Abkhazia in Nizhny Novgorod, allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a moving truck “MAN”. It killed three, including the driver, three more died in hospitals, injured 20 people, they are delivered in hospitals of Krasnodar and Goryachy Klyuch. ☎Telephone hot line for accidents: 8 (861) 268-64-40 #Rossiyane #RTR #Kuban #Garachico #molkino #м4дон #crash #accident #bus #truck #killed #injured #giacalone #hospital

Publication of “Russia. Kuban” online (@russiakuban) Sep 25 2017 at 9:35 am PDT

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In the bus, as he said, there were 26 people: 24 tourists and two drivers. “The driver and the guide were in the front seat, and immediately died,” said the source.

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