In Yakutia, a driver was sentenced to four years in prison for an accident with five dead

In the Aldan district of Yakutia, a bus driver was sentenced for an accident in which five people were killed. The regional prosecutor's office announced this on June 20.

"A verdict has been passed in the Aldan district in a criminal case on a traffic accident that killed five people," the Telegram channel said.

According to the prosecutor's office, the defendant, driving a Higer bus, was moving from the airport of the village of Chulman, Neryungrinsky district, to the city of Aldan, Aldan district, on September 10, 2024. The driver lost control and drove into the oncoming lane, followed by a rollover into a ditch.

At the time of the incident, a criminal case was opened under Part 5 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence").

The court sentenced the man to four years of imprisonment in a penal colony, and his driver's license was also seized for a period of two years and six months. The press service of the prosecutor's office noted that currently the verdict has not entered into legal force.

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A source from Izvestia reported on June 16 that a bus rammed into three parked cars in Nizhny Novgorod, injuring five people, including a child. There were a total of 25 passengers on public transport.