Two Russian military trucks crash on the M9 Baltic highway
A traffic incident involved two trucks owned by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the M9 Baltic highway. The report originated on a Telegram channel named Puree, which broadcast the early details of the accident.
According to Mash, one of the drivers, a 20-year-old contract soldier, sustained an open hip fracture. The injured service member was transported to a hospital for urgent medical care. The report indicates that the causes of the crash had been determined at the time of publication.
Earlier updates described a separate fatal accident in the Altai Territory, where a bus and a truck were involved. In that incident five people were injured, three of whom required hospitalization. The collision occurred in the Rubtsovsky district along the 267th kilometer of the A-322 road, a route that leads toward the border with Kazakhstan.
Questions about how a standard bus ended up in the opposite lane were answered by the authorities. The Home Office stated that the King Long bus entered the oncoming lane, which led to a collision with a MAN truck carrying a trailer. The sequence of events suggested by official sources pointed to a directional misstep by the bus as a contributing factor. The report notes that both incidents are under investigation and that road safety measures remain a priority for regional authorities (citation: Mash; official reports).