The case was initiated on the fact of an accident with a minibus in the Chelyabinsk region.

There were members of the basketball team in the cabin of the bus, which was involved in an accident involving a Gazelle in the Chelyabinsk region on the morning of May 22. This was announced by the governor of the Perm Territory Dmitry Makhonin.

"This morning in the Chelyabinsk region there was an accident involving the Permian Bionord Pro basketball team. The guys were returning from a 3x3 basketball competition," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

The investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that a criminal case had been opened into the accident.

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