“I was sitting at home, they called me. I, as I learned, that the bus fell into the river, ran after the car to the garage, took my wife - and went there. We arrived and saw this horror: the bus was lying on the roof on ice, ”he said.
According to him, the cries of the victims were heard from the bus. He said that people continued to arrive at the scene of the tragedy to assist the passengers of the bus. Including local railroad workers arrived and brought tools.
“Ministry of Emergencies, firefighters, ambulances were already in place. The child was there, a year old, and a girl of about five in appearance. Mom survived, the children died. I helped, now, they loaded one man, he was still alive, God forbid, maybe he will survive. The woman was still pulled out, but she was already dead, ”the man added.
He noted that then the bus was lifted up and cut off the roof from it. According to Nikiforov, all the dead and injured were dragged out of the vehicle.
“Those who died lay, relatives came to identify them, apparently there were psychologists,” he said.
On December 1, in the Sretensky district of Transbaikalia, a passenger bus fell into the river from a bridge. Killed 19 of the 44 people on the bus, including the driver. Another 19 people were hospitalized.
The IC initiated a case under the article "Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, which resulted in the death of two or more persons through negligence."