Residents of the village of Yarki in the Nizhny Novgorod region were gathered with family members when a powerful blast struck a vehicle. The incident occurred on a highway in the Borsky district, and local residents recount how they heard the explosion and rushed to aid the injured. DEA News reported the moment they helped pull the driver from the wreckage and describe the scene as chaotic and frightening for everyone nearby.
One witness, Igor Ivanov, who was nearby at the river, recalled, “I was fishing when it happened. The blast was so loud that it carried across the river for miles.” He described seeing the vehicle’s damage, a nascent crater-like indentation, and the driver lying on a stretcher as responders arrived. Ivanov noted that the driver was a well-known neighbor in the community, and that the eruption of sound and debris left many stunned.
Around the same time, eleven-year-old Elya Savelieva described the injuries she witnessed in the aftermath. She said the driver’s legs appeared severely broken and that the scene was distressing to watch as emergency crews worked to stabilize the situation. The ambulance arrival stretched into a lengthy response window, taking roughly two hours before medical teams could begin transport to a hospital. The child added that a helicopter was later deployed as part of the medical evacuation efforts.
According to local accounts, the driver’s body was not removed from the vehicle until evening, and ongoing questions about the sequence of events remained in the village as investigators worked to gather details. The vehicle involved was identified as an Audi Q7, with the driver inside at the time of the explosion. Reports indicate that the individual’s daughter was in the car at the moment of the blast, and that the driver had reportedly evacuated the vehicle briefly before the explosion occurred, according to initial statements from nearby sources. (DEA News)
Authorities have not released a formal statement detailing the cause of the explosion or confirming the identities of those involved, and local residents continue to describe a tense, unsettling afternoon in the rural community. Early witnesses emphasized the shock of the moment and the rapid mobilization of bystanders who assisted in the immediate aftermath while emergency crews coordinated the response. (DEA News)