Husband and wife died in a collision of a car with a loader in Yamal

On the highway Surgut — Salekhard in a collision of a car with a front loader, the spouses died. As reported in the Department of traffic Inspectorate of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the accident occurred on November 9 at about 15:00 on the 678th kilometer of the road. The driver of VAZ-2110 died on the spot, his wife died on the way to the hospital.

According to preliminary data, the motorist went to the oncoming lane when overtaking and, unable to cope with the control, faced with the forklift, explained the Deputy head of the Department of traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Novy Urengoy Maxim Osipenko.

The prosecutor's office of Novy Urengoy has begun an inspection, during which it will assess the safety of the site, the placement of road equipment and the timeliness of cleaning the track from ice.

At the end of October, Skoda and KAMAZ collided on the 970th kilometer of the same route. The driver of the car went to the oncoming lane, his passenger died, and the motorist himself was injured.