Three people were injured in a collision between cars and a bus in Sergiev Posad
Three people were injured in an accident involving Kia and Mitsubishi cars and a Fiat bus in Sergiev Posad. This was reported in the press service of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Moscow region on Wednesday, February 19.
The department specified that the accident occurred at about 9:50 near one of the houses on Red Army Avenue.
"According to preliminary information, the driver, driving a Kia car, made an oncoming collision with a Mitsubishi car and a Fiat bus. As a result of the accident, the driver of the car Kia, as well as two passengers of the bus received bodily injuries. They were given medical assistance", - told in the press service to the agency of city news "Moscow".
State traffic inspectors are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.
Earlier in the day, a cab driver hit a man in a wheelchair at an unregulated crosswalk in Dmitrov in the Moscow region, writes RIAMO.
The victim was taken to a medical institution, reports aif.ru. After providing medical care, he was released home.
A criminal case was opened after a traffic accident that injured a wheelchair user, reports 360.ru.
February 19, Vice President of the National Automobile Union (NAC) Anton Shaparin said that Russia should increase responsibility for the conscious refusal to wear seat belts. It is necessary to consider the possibility of amendments to the legislation, which would force injured drivers, if they did not wear seat belts and suffered in an accident, to pay for medical services at their own expense, said the interlocutor.
On the same day, Viktor Pokhmelkin, chairman of the Russian Motorists' Movement, admitted in a conversation with NSN that raising the fine for not wearing a seat belt would help replenish the Russian budget, but would not reduce the number of road accident victims.
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