A former member of The Hatters band was killed in an accident in the Leningrad region.

Musician Vadim Rulev, who played trombone in the Russian rock band The Hatters, crashed to his death with his wife Ekaterina on a motorcycle in the Leningrad region. This was announced on July 20 by the TV channel 78.ru .

According to the source of the publication, the accident occurred on 34 km of the Zverevo – Malinovka highway. Rulev was riding a motorcycle with his 33-year-old wife, lost control, he drove into oncoming traffic, and then crashed into a Land Rover car. Both spouses died on the spot.

It is reported that a 52-year-old entrepreneur was driving a Land Rover.

"Our friend Vadim Rulev and his wife Ekaterina have died. We mourn. You were our close friends, with whom we went through a lot. A bright memory. Condolences to the family and friends," The Hatters wrote on their Telegram channel.

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On the same day in Nizhny Novgorod, a carsharing driver, being intoxicated, killed a pedestrian. According to preliminary data, the 26-year-old Chery Tiggo driver drove into the oncoming lane on Lenin Avenue, then onto the sidewalk, where he hit a 35-year-old man.

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