“The case under part 5 of art. 264 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more persons”). Investigative bodies continue to work at the scene of the accident, ”TASS was told in the department.

Previously, investigators began checking for an accident.

The accident occurred on December 26 at the 356th km of the M4 Don highway.

In total, there were 19 people on the bus, two of them died and eight were injured.

As the head of the Stanovlyansky district Sergey Nikitin noted, all the victims are Georgian citizens. According to preliminary data, the accident could occur in slippery conditions.