“As a result of a traffic accident, eight passengers of the minibus died, two passengers and the driver were taken to medical institutions in the Belgorod region,” the report says.
The investigators added that a criminal case had been initiated under Part 3 of Art.
238 of the Criminal Code of Russia (provision of services that do not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers, which negligently caused the death of more than two persons).
Earlier, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that seven people were killed and three more were injured as a result of a collision between a passenger Gazelle and a fuel truck standing on the side of the road.