Overview
- After two earlier refusals, a Tver court ordered pretrial detention for the 27-year-old driver linked to the October 23 crash that sent a car onto a sidewalk near a bus stop, killing a police officer and injuring three people including a seven-year-old.
- Regional prosecutors say the driver had 17 traffic violations in 2025, mainly for speeding, while investigative bodies issued differing charge descriptions ranging from Article 264 to posts invoking attempted and completed murder.
- Tula’s health ministry said nine people remain hospitalized following the tram derailment and collision with two minibuses and two cars on Proletarsky Bridge, reporting three patients in stable severe condition and seven in moderate condition, with one transferred to a federal center.
- Investigators opened a criminal case in Tula over the provision of services not meeting safety requirements that led to the deaths of five people and injuries to around 20.
- In Moscow, a three-vehicle crash at the 21st kilometer of Varshavskoe Shosse injured two people, and police are establishing the circumstances.