A Sitrak fuel tanker crashed into an oncoming Nissan in the Artinsky district of the Sverdlovsk region. about this reported On the Telegram channel of the Regional State Traffic Inspectorate.
The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Nizhniye Sergi – Mikhailovsk – Arti highway.
“According to preliminary data, the 60-year-old driver of the Sitrak fuel tanker crossed into the opposite lane while moving towards the city of Ufa, where he collided with a Nissan car,” the State Traffic Inspectorate said in a statement.
As a result of the accident, the 54-year-old driver of the Nissan car and his 50-year-old wife suffered life-threatening injuries. Photographs taken from the scene show that the body of their car suffered serious mechanical damage.
The driver of the fuel tanker, a resident of Udmurtia with 42 years of driving experience, was on his way to Bashkiria after unloading in Yekaterinburg at the time of the accident. The investigation into the accident continues.
Previously BMW in the Chelyabinsk region pushed out Renault entered the opposite lane while overtaking, five people were injured.