"The Investigation Department for the city of Elizovo of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Kamchatka Territory has opened a criminal case on the fact of providing services that do not meet safety requirements when transporting people by a regular bus, which inadvertently resulted in the death of two people (part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia)", - TASS cites the message of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Kamchatka Territory.

The bus driver was detained as part of a criminal investigation initiated by the police under Part 5 of Art.

264 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Violation of traffic rules, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence").

Earlier it was reported that the driver and passenger were killed in an accident involving passenger buses in Kamchatka.