The Main Directorate of the St. Petersburg Ministry of Emergencies reported that 16 people died in an accident that occurred on the morning of June 3 on the Sofiyskaya embankment. Among the victims are two children.
“Twelve cars collided on Sofiyskaya street near house 52. 16 people were injured in the accident.
– says message.
Later, the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies announced that 13 cars collided during the accident.
They noted that the information about the accident was received at 08:43. In order to eliminate the consequences of the accident, 3 pieces of equipment and 15 rescuers took part. Employees of the Ministry of Emergencies used hydraulic tools to remove some of the survivors from the vehicles.
In contrast, St. Petersburg Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that three victims are in serious condition.
In addition, the provincial health board press service reported that 12 people were hospitalized.
“As a result of the accident on Sofiyskaya Street, 12 people were hospitalized in the city: four were admitted to the Canelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine (one person is in very serious condition, two people are in serious condition, one is in moderate), two people are in serious condition in hospital 26, four – moderate severity to Alexander Hospital. Two children, aged 6 and 16, were delivered to Rauhfus Children’s Hospital of moderate severity.”
Causes of an accident
Police launched an investigation into the accident. Earlier, the accident had been provoked by a 36-year-old Iveco truck driver who entered the opposite lane. The press service of the city prosecutor’s office also said that the cause of the accident was the oncoming lane.
The press service of the city prosecutor’s office confirmed that the primary cause of the accident was the passing of the truck into the opposite lane. The Chamber took control of the establishment of the circumstances of the incident and the taking of a procedural decision on the fact of the accident.
According to the driver himself, the truck’s brakes failed.
“They are lucky with each other”
In a conversation with socialbites.ca, the sister of one of the victims described the details of the accident. According to Ekaterina, her brother and a friend were also driving a Citroen car that crashed. His brother was a passenger and his friend was driving.
“My brother was driving with a friend in a white Citroen van, he wrote that it was tin. [Брат] He said that KamAZ flew into the oncoming lane and destroyed all the cars. They are lucky with each other. The brother helped get the woman out of the UAZ Patriot car, the woman had lost consciousness. Don’t know if he’s alive
– Ekaterina cites the words of her brother.
She also said that her brother and friend were taken to Alexander Hospital. According to his brother, “his knee is swollen and his side hurts”, his friend “comes even more complicated – he has a big bruise on his stomach from the airbag and his teeth hurt”, internal organs can be damaged.
Another witness to the accident said Upgrade the truck that literally “destroys cars like skittles”.
“I saw it all – a dump truck loaded with sand knocked these cars down like a skittle and drove the entire area calmly, luckily it didn’t hit anyone. I thought maybe he would get sick at the wheel, but he crawled out right away,” he said.