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Tajikistan Highway Crash Kills Five and St. Petersburg SUV Hits Two at Bus Stop

Officials cite excessive speed on the mountain route in Tajikistan, with inquiries continuing in both cases.

Overview

  • An electric car carrying a family collided with a truck on the DushanbeKhujand road on Sunday, triggering an explosion that killed both parents and their three children aged 5 to 10.
  • The truck driver in the Tajikistan crash was hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the emergency committee.
  • Tajikistan’s Committee for Emergency Situations said preliminary findings point to speeding on a mountain road, and the cause remains under investigation.
  • In Saint Petersburg on Saturday at 12:24 MSK, a Tank-300 SUV turning from Yakhtennaya Street drove onto the sidewalk at a bus stop near Savushkina 116, striking a 17-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man.
  • Police reported the pedestrians were initially hospitalized in moderate condition and were later released for outpatient care, and a procedural check of the crash is underway.