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Today following the request filed by the Nizhny Novgorod investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee a court has ruled to remand a 24-year-old resident of Dagestan charged with a crime under part 5 of article 264 of the RF Penal Code (violation of highway regulations by a driver entailing death of two or more people by negligence) in custody.

According to investigators, on 5 November 2014, at 12:30 PM, the truck driver was moving from Nizhny Novgorod on Kasimov-Ryazhsk highway and on a sharp bend drove out to the wrong side of the road and collided with a PAZ bus moving in the opposite direction. The truck’s trailer hit the bus causing the straps of the trailer holding wooden beams to break and the sides of the trailer to open. One of the beams fell on the bus.

According to the latest data 22 people were injured in the accident, 7 of them died, including two minors: a 7-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl.

The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, those with the most serious injuries were delivered to the hospital of the regional center. The number of the victims is being specified.

A number of forensic medical, criminalistic and technical inquiries will be conducted during the investigation. Investigative operations are underway to consolidate the evidence. The investigation is ongoing.