The case was opened on the death of a man in a truck accident in Krasnodar.

A criminal case has been opened in Krasnodar over the death of a passenger car driver who collided with two trucks. This is reported by the City Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

The accident occurred on Monday morning, July 6, on Novorossiysk Street. According to police, the driver of the Shacman truck could not keep up the distance and crashed into a Renault car moving in front. The impact threw the car onto another truck, an FAW, which was parked at a traffic light.

As a result of the collision, the 45-year-old driver of the car received various injuries, from which he died on the spot. A criminal case has been opened under Part 1 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Violation of traffic rules that negligently caused the death of a person," writes KrasnodarMedia news agency.

All the circumstances of the incident are being established.

Earlier in the day, the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Russian Interior Ministry told Izvestia that 668 road accidents were recorded on the country's roads during the first weekend of July, in which 86 people were killed and 847 injured. 75 of the dead were drivers and passengers.