On the stretch of the road Yoshkar-Ola - Kozmodemyansk, where last night there was a car crash with 15 dead, the speed limit. However, the driver of the passenger minibus most likely ignored the sign. "The accident occurred in the area of ??the speed limit sign up to 70 km per hour. The road is two-lane, in normal condition, "the traffic police said in the republican office.. In 2016 year. on the section of the road where the tragedy happened, the carriageway was repaired, the road markings were updated and road signs were replaced.

In conditions of deterioration due to the bad weather, speeding has led to tragedy. The driver showed excessive self-confidence: he went to overtake and went to the oncoming lane, not being convinced of the security of the maneuver. As a result, the minibus did not manage to get back into its lane and collided with a timber carrier. In the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs stressed that the drivers of the collided vehicles had 20 years of experience, so it is impossible to write off the incident on their inexperience.

The head of the republic, Alexander Evstifeev, said that the highway section on which the accident occurred was treated twice with a sand-salt mixture and cleaned of snow. On the eve of the heaviest snowfall fell on the region, and the snow-removing machinery actively brought the roads in order, RIA Novosti reports.. However, this, alas, did not save us from the disaster.

Law enforcement officers have so far identified nine of the 15 dead in a car crash that occurred the night before on the highway Yoshkar-Ola - Kozmodemyansk. Victims of the accident were:.

Zotin S. , 1976 g. (Bus driver).

Kiseleva L. , 1965 g.

Morozova N. , 1952 g.

Tsvetkova L. , 1952 g.

Dorofeeva V. , 1955 g.

Polyakova E. , 1974 g.

Remezova About. , 1985 g.

Remezov V. , 1983 g.

Malova K. , 1955 g.

Recognition of the remaining victims of the accident will be held today in the local morgue, reports L! fe. en.

Meanwhile, four survivors of a minibus and timber transport collide, among which three minors (7, 14 and 17 years) and one adult are in serious condition. A representative of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs said that one child is in the intensive care unit of the children's republican clinical hospital, three more, including two children, in the Yoshkar-Ola city hospital. All victims were operated. Their lives are not in danger.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation reported that the organization of medical assistance to victims of the accident in Mari El was taken over by the representatives of the agency. The wounded are provided with everything necessary.

Two criminal cases were instituted on the fact of the accident. The first is for h. 3 items. 238 of the Criminal Code (rendering services that do not meet the requirements of safety of life and health), the second -. 5 items. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules and the operation of vehicles, which caused the death of two or more persons by negligence). Both cases are combined into a common production. From Moscow to the scene of the accident left a group of traffic police, which will investigate the causes of the tragedy.

The collision of a minibus and a timber carrier with a trailer occurred on November 16 at about 17:30 Moscow time, 5 km from the settlement of Vizimyary in the Kilemar district. As a result of the accident, 15 people died: the driver and passengers of the bus. Among them there is a child. In Mari El on November 17 declared a day of mourning for those killed in the accident. In the region, flags are lowered, recreational activities are canceled.