An accident near Omsk occurred due to the departure of a school bus into the oncoming lane.

An accident in the Omsk region occurred due to the departure of a school bus into the oncoming lane. This was announced on May 10 by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Maks messenger.

"The driver of the Gazelle school bus drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a truck," said Igor Tricole, deputy head of the regional State Traffic Inspectorate.

The accident occurred on May 10 on the 519th km of the Omsk-Tyukalins highway. The children were returning to their home from a soccer competition. The Governor of the Omsk region, Vitaly Khotsenko, expressed his sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased boy.

An accident with a school bus in the Omsk region. What is known

Izvestia was informed by the regional Ministry of Health that the number of people injured in an accident involving a children's bus and a truck in the Omsk region has increased to nine. The Izvestia source also reported that the boy who died in an accident in the Omsk region was not supposed to go to the competition, he was replaced at the last moment. From the list of victims of the accident, it became known that Arseniy Ch., born in 2012, was killed.

The Investigative Department (SU) of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia for the Omsk region reported that a criminal case had been opened into a bus accident that killed a child. Representatives of emergency medical teams and their colleagues from the territorial disaster medicine center were involved at the scene of the tragedy. Doctors from Tyukalinsk Central District Hospital (CRH) also arrived.