An incident in St. Petersburg involved a Chevrolet driver and a seventh-day student crossing the street at a pedestrian crosswalk without a traffic signal. According to local reports, a 27-year-old driver from the Krasnogvardeisky district was behind the wheel when the vehicle struck a tenth-grade student who was crossing from Gerasimovskaya Street toward Marshal Blucher Boulevard. The student fell and sustained a head injury, and an ambulance transported them to a hospital for evaluation.
Medical staff diagnosed a concussion in the student. The report notes that a search of the driver’s traffic record shows a prior case where a Chevrolet driver was sanctioned for stopping at a pedestrian crossing, but the details of that case are not provided in the current update. The context underscores ongoing concerns about pedestrian safety near schools and at unsignalized crossings, where drivers must yield to people crossing the roadway.
Separately, in Voronezh, a separate incident involved schoolchildren crossing at a pedestrian area on February 20. A local resident, driving a GAZ-2834 toward Krasnoznamenaya Street, did not stop as children stepped onto the crossing. The driver, a 69-year-old man, remained at the scene and is assisting investigators as they determine whether any traffic rules were violated. Authorities continue to review safety measures at that crossing and assess factors such as driver attention, speed, and pedestrian visibility.
Earlier reports from Kurgan described a younger pedestrian incident where a seven-year-old girl moved onto the road and collided with a passing vehicle. Investigators are evaluating how the situation unfolded, including driver actions and pedestrian behavior, to identify any contributing factors and to guide prevention efforts in similar settings.