“The prosecutor’s office in St. Petersburg organized a check in connection with a traffic accident involving a tram and a shuttle bus at the intersection of Petergofskoye Shosse and Desantnikov Street in Krasnoselsky District,” the city department said in a statement.
The prosecutor's office will verify compliance with road safety requirements, as well as legislation when providing passenger transportation services.
According to the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Anna Mityanina, seven out of 16 victims of road accidents remain in hospitals.
According to TASS in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to the preliminary version, the minibus was moving at a red traffic light.
An accident in the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg occurred on October 20.
In August, Channel Five reported that in St. Petersburg a foreign car was hit by three people awaiting a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing.