This is stated in the message published on the website of the department.
According to the investigation, “on December 7, 2019, at about 17 hours and 30 minutes, the driver of a Toyota car, driving in the adjacent territory to Gorky Street in Nizhny Novgorod, crossed the oncoming lane and collided with an Audi brand and a parked car that flew out onto the sidewalk and crashed into pedestrians. "
It is noted that as a result of the accident, “2 adults and 9 schoolchildren aged 14-15 years old were injured, all the children were taken to the hospital, three of them received surgical care, and their condition was assessed by doctors as moderate.”
It is also reported that “two women accompanying schoolchildren were also hospitalized in the hospital, one of them died from bodily harm”.
“The 43-year-old driver of a Toyota car refused a medical examination. He is not employed. The issue of his detention as a suspect is being resolved, ”the department added.
Earlier it became known that several cars collided in Nizhny Novgorod. After the accident, one of the cars crashed into pedestrians standing on the sidewalk.
The regional prosecutor’s office reported that a criminal case was opened on the fact of the accident.