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Two Crashes in Primorsky Krai Leave One Dead, With Five Hurt on Vladivostok Airport Approach

Regional police launched inquiries with forensic and technical studies to determine legal outcomes.

Overview

  • In Nakhodka, police say a 78-year-old Toyota Rush driver turning left from Nakhodkinsky Prospekt onto Malinovskogo Street failed to yield to an oncoming Subaru Forester driven by a 36-year-old man.
  • The Toyota Rush driver died at the scene, and a 75-year-old passenger was hospitalized.
  • On the KnevichiVladivostok approach to the airport, a Jac 47881A truck driven by a 35-year-old failed to maintain distance and struck a Toyota Corolla Fielder, prompting a Changan Uni‑K to collide with a Honda Fit.
  • Five people were injured in the airport-area crash, with three hospitalized and two treated as outpatients.
  • In the airport case, authorities opened an administrative proceeding under Article 12.24 of the Code of Administrative Offences, ordered examinations in both incidents, and noted the truck driver has 17 years of experience with one prior speeding citation this year.