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Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia orders to report about a number of regional incidents

Today in the Talovaya settlement, Voronezh Region, there was a collision of a PAZ bus carrying schoolchildren, driven by a 51-year-old local resident, and a front-end loader driven by a 61-year-old man. The bus was carrying 7 passengers. According to preliminary data, as a result of an accident, six minors were injured: two boys aged 11 and 14, 8 and 12-year-old girls, two schoolgirls aged 11, as well as a 56-year-old social educator and a bus driver accompanying the children. All victims are provided with the necessary medical assistance. Information on the severity of the harm caused to their health is being verified. The Voronezh Regional Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia is carrying out an initial investigation into the fact that services were provided that did not meet safety requirements. The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the acting head of the Voronezh Regional Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia I.V. Kovalev to report on the performed investigative actions.

In addition, the head of the Committee instructed the acting head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Altai Territory I.V. Kolesnichenkoto report on the circumstances of the commission of possible unlawful acts against the woman by the medical personnel in the city of Rubtsovsk. The media reported that an 86-year-old woman was hospitalized in a Rubtsovsk medical facility and forcibly held, using physical force. The Altai Regional Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia registered the material of an initial inquiry on this media report.

In addition, a federal channel reported that an illegal boarding house for the disabled had opened in Irkutsk in the basement of an apartment building. Local residents report that even relatives of patients are unable to enter this makeshift hospice, and every night several black bags with the bodies of the dead are taken out of there. The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Irkutsk region Sitnikov A.V. to report on the progress of the verification activities, which will establish the circumstances of the death of hospice inmates.

The progress of the pre-investigative probes is supervised by the Central Office of the Investigative Committee.