It is clarified that the case was initiated under Part 3 of Art.

266 of the Criminal Code of Russia (poor-quality repair of vehicles and their release into operation with technical malfunctions, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence).

“To date, three suspects have been detained in a criminal case - a 56-year-old driver who was driving a bus, a 61-year-old man who performed the functions of a mechanic at a car company for releasing transport to the line, as well as a 67-year-old director of a car company, on whose balance sheet is bus ", - leads RIA Novosti message.

Earlier it became known that the death toll when a bus hit pedestrians in the Sverdlovsk region increased to seven.

The victims were employees of the Electrokhimpribor enterprise (part of Rosatom).