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Two Traffic Accidents in Russia Leave Multiple Injured, Trigger Police Checks

Preliminary police reports cite drivers losing control as investigators work to establish full causes.

Overview

  • In Buryatia, a Toyota Hiace on the R‑258 Baikal near Boyarsky station struck a stationary road machine and then collided with an oncoming UAZ.
  • A 67-year-old UAZ driver and a 46-year-old passenger were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.
  • Police noted the minibus was off its route at the time of the crash and its passengers were not injured.
  • In Tula region near the village of Kolodezi around 15:30, a passenger bus carrying about 40 people left the road into a ditch and overturned, with two people taken for medical care.
  • Regional authorities confirmed both incidents and said causes will be determined through official checks, with no fatalities reported.