In Moscow bus drove into the underpass
MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. In Moscow on Mozhaisk highway bus rammed a crowd of people and entered the underpass at the metro station “Slavic Boulevard”, reported RIA Novosti a source in the emergency services of the capital.
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Five people were killed and fifteen were injured — four are in the hospital. The driver was arrested and taken to the police Department for the proceedings.
The basic version of the accident
According to the interlocutor of the Agency, considered two versions: the bus could “undercut” another car, or his brakes. He added that terrorism is not considered. The police also noted that the bus could be faulty or the driver has not coped with management.
On a place of accident there has arrived the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. He expressed condolences to the families of the victims. Also Sobyanin instructed to check the entire bus fleet.
At the place of work, police officers and medics in the evacuation of casualties involved three helicopters BK-117 of the Moscow aviation centre.
The driver worked for a long time
The bus belongs to the suburban carrier Mostransavto and operated less than a year. He worked on a route № 818 “SKOLKOVO — metro Slavic Boulevard”.
The company told RIA Novosti that the driver works in Mostransavto since 2000, he has Russian citizenship.
As the correspondent of RIA Novosti, one of the passengers of the bus who introduced himself as Vladimir, the driver was very sullen and unfriendly.
“We bought the tickets and as soon as they sat down in the back seat, the bus abruptly pulled away and went immediately into transition. We saved the partition between the seats.” he added.
