In the Leningrad region opened a case of a fatal accident in the Kingisepp district

In the Leningrad region are investigating a fatal accident in Kingisepp district. The 69-year-old driver of the Sollers car was killed. This was reported in the press service of the GU MIA of Russia in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.

As it became known earlier, on November 13 at 13:10 on the highway “Peterhof – Keikino” in the Kingisepp district of the Leningrad region, an accident occurred, as a result of which a person died.

According to preliminary data, the 42-year-old driver of a Volvo truck with a semi-trailer, whose front left wheel burst, drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a Sollers car, which was driven by a 69-year-old man. As a result of the collision, both cars were in a ditch.

As a result of the accident, the driver of the Sollers car received injuries incompatible with life, and died at the scene.

As a result of the accident, the truck driver was injured and was taken to hospital in a state of moderate severity. The police began an investigation under article for violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, which negligently led to the death of a person, and the 42-year-old truck driver was detained.