A car accident in Crimea, 2007

July 19, 2007, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

A plot about a car accident on the mountain road “Simferopol-Alushta-Yalta”. A broken bus, injured passengers near the bus, the dead, ambulance takes the victims, assistance is provided on the spot, documents in blood, a memorial plaque to the miners killed in the accident, a broken bus inside, scattered things, a press conference of the Minister of Transport of Ukraine Mykola Rudkovsky.

Comments: injured passengers; head of the automobile technical inspection of the Crimean traffic police department Sergey Kozintsev; a witness.

Background: On July 19, 2007, near Alushta, on the Simferopol-Alushta-Yalta highway, a Karoza passenger bus en route from Chernihiv to Yalta overturned. There were 54 people in the cabin - six people died, 44-46 were injured, including several children. The reasons were the technical condition of the bus and the driver's violation of the rules in mountainous conditions.