A criminal case has been opened into a bus accident in Belarus.

A criminal case has been opened in Belarus after a bus accident in which five Russian citizens were injured. This was announced on December 27 by the press service of the Belarusian Investigative Committee (IC) in the Telegram channel.

"A criminal case has been opened under Part 2 of Article 317 ("Violation of traffic rules by a person driving a vehicle that negligently caused the death of a person") of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus," the message says.

It is noted that investigators continue to work at the scene of the accident in the Tolochinsky district.

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Earlier in the day, it was reported that five Russian citizens were injured in a bus accident in Belarus. It was noted that the victims receive medical care in the departments of surgery and traumatology of Orsha City Hospital No. 1.

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