Residents of the village of Yarki in the Nizhny Novgorod region, while resting with the family of the writer and publisher Zakhar Prilepin, who was damaged by the explosion. DEA News told how they heard the explosion and how they pulled Prilepin out of the car that exploded.
“I was fishing when it happened. The explosion was so strong, it was heard from five kilometers along the river, ”said Igor Ivanov, a resident of the village of Pionersky.
He added that he saw the funnel and Prilepin lying on the stretcher. He speaks of the author as a “known” neighbor.
Another neighbor, eleven-year-old Elya Savelieva, said that the injured Prilepin’s legs were severely broken after the explosion and “looked awful”, as the ambulance went on call for about two hours.
“Then a helicopter flew in and they had already taken him away. He was in emotion when they took him, they dripped it,” he added.
According to the stories of local residents, the body of the deceased driver Prilepin was not removed until evening.
Audi Q7 car with Zakhar Prilepin in the cabin, Exploded On the highway in the Borsky district of Nizhny Novgorod. Doctors took the author to the hospital, who was injured in both legs. His daughter was in the car with Prilepin. According to Baza, he got out of the car a few minutes before the explosion.