Bus carrying Uzbek citizens involved in a road accident in Samara Oblast

As a result of an accident near Samara, 2 people died and 10 were injured.

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A bus registered in Kazakhstan overturned in Kinel district, Samara Oblast. Two passengers died, and 10 others were hospitalized, the press service of the Regional Emergency Service reported. The nationality of the dead and wounded has not been determined, but it is known that the bus was carrying citizens of Uzbekistan to Nizhny Novgorod.

At approximately 01:00 (02:00 Tashkent time), an accident occurred with a Scania bus on the 26th kilometer of the Ural-Mukhanovo road. According to the traffic service, the driver “chose a speed that does not ensure road safety and allowed the vehicle to roll over”.

At the scene of the incident, the investigation team, the leadership of the regional State Road Inspectorate and the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation are working. Police are still investigating the cause of the incident.

Kinel district is located in the center of Samara Oblast. Its administrative center is the city of Kinel.

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