“A criminal case has been opened under article 264 of the Criminal Code of Russia (Violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles),” the department said.
It is noted that the investigation of this incident was “taken by the prosecutor’s office of the region for control”, and also “an audit of compliance with the law was organized, the results of which, if there are grounds, prosecutorial response measures will be taken”.
Earlier it became known that several cars collided in Nizhny Novgorod. After the accident, one of the cars crashed into pedestrians standing on the sidewalk.