26 people died as a result of an accident in the Rivne region/Channel 24 collage
On Tuesday, May 3, a fuel truck and a passenger bus collided in the Rivne region. As a result of a large-scale accident, 26 people died. The youngest passenger was 17 years old.
Details of a terrible accident in the Rivne region were shared in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. In particular, they noted that the bus, which was heading to Poland, crashed into a fuel truck due to overtaking another vehicle.
A 17-year-old bus passenger died in a terrible accident
So, near the village of Sitnoye, Dubensky district, several vehicles did not pass at once. And the driver of a minibus Mercedes-Benz Vito led to a large-scale accident. While driving on the road, he made an overtaking maneuver, during which he collided with a fuel truck, because he drove into the oncoming lane. According to law enforcers, the identity of the deceased minibus driver is being established.
As for the Setra passenger bus, there were at the time of the accident there were 34 passengers, as well as one driver.
strong> The vehicle itself was going to Poland. Miraculously, two passengers managed to escape: one had to get hooked in Brody, Lviv region, and the second – in Lviv itself.
In total, 26 people died as a result of a large-scale accident .We are talking about 24 bus passengers, as well as bus and minibus drivers. The youngest among the passengers was only 17 years old, and he was supposed to celebrate his 18th birthday on May 12, but he died in this terrible accident.
It is also known that 12 people were injured. We are talking about 11 bus passengers, as well as the fuel truck driver himself. Law enforcement officers note that passengers from 17 to 69 years old were traveling to Poland.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the participants in the terrible auto-truck in the Rivne region were from the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Khmelnytsky regions. Special services continue to work at the scene of the accident. While the roadway is being cleared. As for the traffic on the site, it has already been fully restored.
The law enforcement officers themselves began a pre-trial investigation. It concerns a violation of traffic safety rules that caused deaths.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that you can get information about participants in an accident in the Rivne region by this phone number: 067 675 42 92.
Briefly about the accident in the Rivne region
- The accident happened on May 3 at about 19:20 near the village of Sytnoye in the Dubensky district. The Kyiv-Chop highway passes right along it.
- 7 ambulances, 7 fire trucks, and 44 rescuers arrived at the place of the autotrosch.
- Setra bus, 26 passengers of which died during an accident, cruised along the route “Kharkiv – Zgorzelets”.
- The head of the Rivne OVA, Vitaliy Koval, at half 11 pm on May 3, noted that the fire was extinguished.
