Photos containing the consequences of an accident in which Yuri Tkachenko, acting head of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies, was injured, published Telegram channel Mash.
Footage shows a Volkswagen service van with the fire department’s custom color crashing into a metal pillar with its front end. The hood of the car was crumpled, the engine compartment was damaged, but the passenger compartment remained intact.
According to Mash, a senior employee of the Ministry of Emergencies suffered a head injury and a closed right hip fracture. The status of the driver was not disclosed. The driver of the official car, trying to avoid colliding with a Kia Picanto that was suddenly heading towards him, crashed into a pillar.
The incident occurred when the emergency room arrived. hastily To the place where there was a huge fire in a hotel on Mezhdunarodnaya Street in Moscow. According to preliminary information, the fire started because one of the guests set fire to his personal belongings in the room.