Separate Crashes Across Russia Kill Three, Injure 13, Including Children

Overview

• In Dagestan’s Buinaksky district, a Mitsubishi Pajero crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a Lada Granta, killing a 3-year-old and the Lada driver and injuring one person, according to the republic’s Interior Ministry.
• On the Ivdel–Khanty-Mansi road in Sverdlovsk region, one person died and six were hospitalized, including two children, after a Hyundai struck a parked Renault that was pushed into a nearby Toyota, traffic police said.
• The Sverdlovsk fatality was the Toyota driver, who was outside the vehicle at the time, and investigators described the crash sequence as preliminary pending further checks.
• A separate three-car collision at the 940-km mark of the Kavkaz federal highway in Dagestan injured six people, including one minor, after a 41-year-old driver moved into the opposite lane, officials reported.
• Dagestan road services are working round the clock due to worsening conditions, while police and medical teams continue on-site work and treatment as investigations proceed.