Samara resident Alexander Yurkin, who witnessed an accident involving a regular bus, a Gazelle and a truck on the M-5 Ural highway, told socialbites.ca that weather conditions could have caused the accident: snowstorm and snow porridge. According to him, three ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident.
The ambulance came 5-10 minutes after us, there were three ambulances. Several people were taken to ambulances, the rest were lying on the ground. A girl died, she looked 12-13 years old, there was a girl still standing on the side of the road, 20-25 years old, her pants were covered in blood. The man, too, was lying, seemingly lifeless. Police carried a man by the arms, moved his legs. There was snow on the road, a blizzard, the wind was strong. Here is the result,” he said.
Accident dead district traffic police in the Neftegorsk district on the 83rd km of the M-5 Ural highway on the morning of February 23. As Telegram channel 112 explained, a passenger van collided with two trucks. According to the news of Izvestia, 6 people died and 15 people were injured in the accident. One of the victims is in serious condition. There were 15 people in the minibus at the time of the collision.