A criminal case was opened after an accident in the Kansk district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as a result of which four people died, three more were injured, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
Earlier on August 9, Honda and Toyota Camry cars collided on the P-255 Siberia highway. According to police, Honda drove into the oncoming lane. The collision killed the drivers of both cars, and two passengers.
A 30-year-old woman and two teenagers 12 and 14 years old who were in Toyota were injured.
“The investigator made a decision to initiate a criminal case under Part 5 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more persons”), ”the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement.
It is noted that investigators and experts studied and recorded the situation at the scene of the tragedy, biological samples of drivers were taken to establish a possible state of intoxication.
On July 22, it was reported that in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate detained a driver who fled from the place of collision with a 15-year-old girl.