Press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the cause of the major accident on the 526th km of the M-11 highway in the Novgorod region should be determined by experts; He said no special measures were planned.
He assured that the emergency services on the ground were now doing their job and quickly.
“What caused such a major accident is not for us to determine. “This should be determined by the experts they do,” he said.
Peskov reminded that winter, extraordinary cold and snowfall are extraordinary conditions in which drivers must take special precautions to prevent accidents.
January 8 at the 526th km of the M-11 highway in the Novgorod region collided More than 50 trucks and cars. As a result of the incident, more than 16 people, including 5 children, were injured. Four deaths are known, including one child.
The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under paragraph “c” of part 2 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which imposes penalties for performing work or providing services that do not meet safety requirements.
After the accident, traffic was blocked in the direction of Moscow, M-10 Moscow-St. The exit of the St. Petersburg highway was at kilometer 545.
Previously in the Kaliningrad region on the Zelenograd highway dead mass road accident.