88 people died on the roads of Crimea for six months

For six months, 472 traffic accidents occurred on our Crimean roads, in which, unfortunately, 88 people died and 655 were injured of varying severity, ”said Borisenko.

The main causes of road accidents, according to him, were the departure of vehicles into the oncoming lane, violation of the rules of movement when traveling intersections, driving in a state of intoxication, as well as violation of traffic rules with pedestrians.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of accidents decreased by 13%, while the number of dead increased by 22%, the head of the regional department of the traffic police said.

At the end of June in the Kirovsky district of Crimea as a result of a collision of a minibus and VAZ-21112 Two people died.

On March 25, in the Simferopol district near the village of Ukromnoy Passenger bus, a grain -carrier standing on the side of the road crashed. As a result of the tragedy Six bus passengers were killedanother 23 victims, including eight minors, were taken to hospitals with various injuries.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea