“An operational headquarters has been created in the region in connection with the accident in the Novorossiysk region. On my instructions, it was headed by the first vice-governor Andrei Alekseenko. He is now at the scene of the tragedy, ”RIA Novosti quoted Kondratyev as saying.
Earlier it was reported that at least two people were killed and 21 were injured in an accident with a passenger bus near Novorossiysk. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, a total of 42 people were in the car.
Also, the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory reported that the head of the department, Yevgeny Filippov, and the sanitation brigade left for the scene of the accident.