It is reported by URA.RU with reference to the website of the State Ministry for Emergencies of Russia in the Chelyabinsk region.

The press service of the traffic police department for the region said that the accident occurred on the fourth kilometer of the Petropavlovsky-Stepnoye road. Presumably, the cause of the accident was the departure of the Ford Focus car in the oncoming lane.

Earlier, auto expert Sergey Aslanyan in an interview with Nation News commented on the statement of the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for road safety Jean Todt about the causes of high deaths on roads in Russia.