It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the regional government.

“Today, another participant in an accident on the twentieth kilometer of the Yaroslavl-Ivanovo highway died in the Solovyov Emergency Hospital. He became the ninth victim of the accident, ”the report said.

The government specified that the patient who was in intensive care of the Yaroslavl regional hospital died.

Earlier it was reported about 29 injured and eight dead in the accident that occurred on September 14.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case on the violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles.

The governor of the Yaroslavl region Dmitry Mironov ordered to provide financial assistance in the amount of 1 million rubles to the relatives of the victims.

Channel Five reported that in a Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg, a foreign car hit three pedestrians.