A minibus collided with a moose today on a highway in Karelia

Today, November 15, in the morning on the 83rd kilometer of the highway “Kochkoma – state border” there was a road accident involving a wild animal. A Mercedes minibus collided with a moose.

The message about the accident was received in the dispatch service of System-112 at 07:49. The 34th fire department of Ledmozero village promptly arrived at the site. Firefighters inspected, de-energized the battery of the minibus and recorded the absence of a fuel spill.

The collision injured the driver of the car, a man born in 1981. He was taken to Kostomukshi Interdistrict Hospital.

This incident was another case of collision of vehicles with wild animals on the roads of Karelia. According to the statistics of the traffic police of the republic, since the beginning of the year on the roads of the region there were 555 accidents, in which 57 people died, and 695 drivers and passengers were injured of varying severity. Of particular concern is the statistics concerning minors: 96 children were injured in an accident, one child died.