2013 Oznobishino bus crash

Motor vehicle incident in Russia January 2024 March 2024 2013 Oznobishino bus crash 190px Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia 13 July 2013 Oznobishino, Moscow Oblast, Russia 18 60 The 2013 Oznobishino bus crash occurred on 13 July 2013 at about 13:00 local time (09:00 UTC) when a bus carrying 64 people was hit by a KAMAZ truck in Oznobishino, Moscow Oblast, about 25 mi southwest of Moscow. At least 18 people died and another 60 people were injured, with 12 of them in critical condition.http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130715/182247881/Truck-Driver-Faces-7-Years-for-Moscow-Crash-That-Killed-18.html Truck Driver Faces 7 Years for Moscow Crash That Killed 18 RIA Novosti 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 14 of the victims died at the scene and another four died in hospital. The bus had been travelling from Podolsk to Kurkino when the accident occurred, ripping its back half off.April 2021 Crash The truck driver was thrown out of his vehicle and survived the impact, as did the bus driver, though both were injured.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23303290 Russian bus and lorry in fatal Moscow crash BBC News 13 July 2013 14 July 2013 The truck driver has been identified as a 46-year-old named Hrachya Harutyunyan (Арутюнян Грачья).http://argumenti.ru/incident/2013/07/268541 Опубликован список пострадавших в страшном ДТП под Подольском Argumenti.ru 14 July 2013 14 July 2013 The truck itself is reportedly owned by a private company. The Russian authorities declared the following Monday to be a day of mourning in Moscow following the accident.April 2021 The driver was subsequently charged with violating traffic rules and faces up to seven years' imprisonment if convicted. Sogaz, the company responsible for insuring the bus, said that it would pay the families of each of the deceased a sum of around 2 million rubles ($60,000) in compensation, while the injured would receive around 600,000 rubles ($20,000) each. thumb|Перекресток Ознобишино — Александрово The circumstances of the crash prompted a debate about whether the layout of the road had been a contributing factor and whether further measures were needed to crack down on bad driving. Andrei Vorobyov, the acting governor of the Moscow region, called for a tightening of the rules on public transport and goods vehicles. He also announced an inspection of the region's public buses and "difficult crossroads". Viktor Pokhmelkin, the head of the Movement of Russian Motorists, said that there was a history of frequent collisions at the intersection where the crash occurred. A widely read Russian blogger, Rustem Adagamov, argued that the road from which the truck driver occurred was winding and lacked traffic signs, preventing the truck driver from seeing the bus in time, though a survivor from the bus said that she had seen the truck coming from some distance away.http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/18-killed-dozens-injured-in-bus-crash/483130.html 18 Killed, Dozens Injured in Bus Crash Krainova Natalya The Moscow Times 13 July 2013 14 July 2013 The truck may also have been overloaded and may have had faulty brakes.http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/after-deadly-crash-lawmakers-propose-harsher-punishment-for-road-violations/483183.html After Deadly Crash, Lawmakers Propose Harsher Punishment for Road Violations Krainova Natalya The Moscow Times 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 Questions were also raised about tightening vehicle licensing rules. The truck had reportedly been using expired transit plates, temporary licence plates that are only supposed to be used on new cars. They are used illegally to evade vehicle checks in the police national vehicle database and to evade paying taxes. A Russian legislator proposed increasing the penalties for driving illegally using such plates, while another legislator announced measures requiring holders of foreign commercial drivers' licences to acquire an equivalent Russian driving licence. Court hearings and reaction in Armenia Court hearings of Hrachya Harutyunyan started on 15 July 2013. He was brought into the courthouse wearing inappropriate clothing, a women's dressing-gown.Armenia follows fate of citizen held over deadly road accident near Moscow http://www.armenianow.com/news/47705/armenia_ministry_foreign_affairs_hrachya_harutyunyan_moscow_bush_crash 16 July 2013 16 July 2013 ArmeniaNow This sparked discontent in Armenia. A protest was held in front of the Russian embassy in Yerevan on 16 July.Protest action near Russian embassy in Yerevan (PHOTOS) http://news.am/eng/news/162739.html 16 July 2013 News.am 16 July 2013 See also 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash References 2 External links Dj4CWgRgP_E '18 dead' in Moscow bus crash, Russian officials blame lorry driver AZ7eAE_7Rss Moscow Bus Truck Crash Near Oznobishino 55.3974 37.4386 title Category:2013 disasters in Russia Category:2013 road incidents in Europe Category:2013 in Moscow Category:Bus incidents in Russia Category:July 2013 in Europe Category:Transport in Moscow Oblast Category:2010s in Moscow Oblast