A criminal case has been opened after a fatal truck accident in Kuzbass.

In Kuzbass, a criminal case was opened against a KAMAZ driver who caused an accident that killed four people. This was announced on July 19 by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kemerovo region.

"The investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Prokopyevsky" opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under part 5 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles." According to the sanctions of this article, the maximum penalty is seven years in prison," the agency said in a message on its Telegram channel.

Meanwhile, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office indicated that the supervisory authority had monitored the results of the investigation of the criminal case. Also, the prosecutor's office of the Prokopyevsky district, on behalf of the prosecutor's office of the region, is checking compliance with the requirements of the legislation on road safety.

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Earlier in the day, it was reported that four people were killed in an accident with a truck and a passenger car in Kuzbass. The accident occurred on the 74th km of the Belovo–Konovalovo–Prokopyevsk highway. The 19-year-old driver of the car and his three passengers died before the ambulance arrived.