The official version of the rescuers - the car refused brakes and, having flown from the pier that was not equipped with bumpers, fell into the sea. However, during the rescue work, other assumptions began to appear, which could cause the tragedy. As the telegram-channel Mash writes, referring to the eyewitnesses of the state of emergency, the bus driver, instead of leveling the steering wheel, applied braking with the gearbox, which in turn played a fatal role: the engine literally tore to pieces, the car turned and she collapsed into the sea.
Proceeding from this information and comparing the testimony of eyewitnesses, a third version of the tragedy appeared: the bus was literally packed with workers. With a minimum of thirty passengers, it traveled more than forty. What is the gross violation of the elementary rules of the road, - says the site of the TV channel REN TV.
If there were a maximum number of passengers in the cabin, it is possible that tragic consequences could be avoided. Photo: MES As it was reported earlier, near the village of Volna in Krasnodar Krai, the bus with the workers suddenly lost control and collapsed from the three-meter height to the Kerch Strait. The passengers were the workers of the contract organization, which was engaged in the construction of the pier "Tamanneftegaz". They all returned home from the night watch. According to unofficial data, there were 41 people in the salon.
According to the latest information coming from the place of the tragedy, victims of a terrible accident are 16 people. Another 19 with injuries of varying severity are located in the nearest clinics. The condition of four of them is evaluated by physicians as heavy. Four workers continue to be listed as missing.
On the site of the tragedy, rescuers and divers continue to work. The depth in the place where the bus collapsed is quite serious - more than ten meters. At the moment, divers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia are working on the site, and 2 mobile diving units. Organized attraction of divers from the Republic of Crimea, the website of regional operational services.
A total of 112 people are involved, 29 units of equipment, including 44 personnel from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, 8 units of equipment.
A criminal case was initiated under the articles "Violation of traffic rules and vehicle operation" and "Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements". Svetlana Petrenko, the spokeswoman for the IC, stressed that only through the results of a complex of investigative actions and expert examinations will it be possible to draw conclusions about the real causes of what happened.