A tram collided with two Gazelles and a car in Tula. What is known

On Friday, October 31, a tram, two passenger Gazelles and a passenger car collided in Tula. As a result of the accident, 25 people were injured, four died. Read more about the incident in the Izvestia article.

Massive tram accident in Tula — what happened

On the morning of October 31, a massive accident occurred on the Proletarian Bridge in Tula: a tram, two minibuses and a car collided, a source told Izvestia. Four people died, and another 25 received injuries of varying severity.

According to Dmitry Milyaev, Governor of the Tula region, in his Telegram channel, six minutes after the incident was reported, 12 ambulance crews arrived at the scene of the accident. Emergency services, employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate, as well as the government and the regional administration are working on the site. Specialists establish the circumstances of the incident and take measures to eliminate the consequences of the accident.

Two criminal cases have been opened into the incident: under Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence") and under Part 5 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code ("Violation of traffic rules and vehicle operation, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence"). more people").

The causes of a massive tram accident in Tula

According to the operational services of the region, the cause of a massive road accident in Tula was a tram derailment. Due to a defect in the canvas, he drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with passenger Gazelles and a car.

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The condition of the victims of a massive tram accident in Tula

As a result of a mass collision on the Proletarian Bridge in Tula, 25 people were injured. According to the Minister of Health of the region Sergey Mukhin, six of them are in serious condition.

"There are currently 13 injured people in medical institutions in the Tula region, six of them in serious condition," he said.

Mukhin added that nine more patients received outpatient medical care. There are no children among the victims.