Truck driver in accident with children bus in KhMAD turned out to be Bashkortostan native

UFA, 5 December 2016. /Bashinform News Agency, Gulfiya Akulova/. The truck driver, who had an accident with a bus with children in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, is a native of the Nacharovo village Baltachevo District of Bashkortostan, according to Ufa1.ru. The 31-year-old man had little driving experience and for the last two years was 12 times brought to administrative responsibility for violation of traffic rules.

The fatal road accident happened on Sunday, December 4, in the federal road Tyumen - Khanty-Mansiysk. According to TASS, the bus carrying members of the children's sports acrobatics team, two cars and one truck collided. 12 people died in the accident, 11 of them were children. 34 people were injured. Investigators believe that the culprit of the accident was the bus driver who lost control of the vehicle. Also, the KhMAD Investigation Committee established that the traffic rules were violated by the truck driver.