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A rotational bus with workers fell into the sea in the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory, the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies reports. In the first minutes after the tragedy, six deaths were reported, since then the number of victims has increased.
The bus fell in the village of Volna in the Kerch Strait from a pier under construction at 8:07 am on August 25, Interfax was told on Friday at the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Emergencies. “There were workers on the bus who were building the Tamanneftegaz pier in the Volna settlement.
The bus carried at least 50 people, 17 of them died, the emergency services of the Krasnodar Territory told TASS. Hospitalization was required for at least 32 victims.
Previously at the Ministry of Civil Defense and emergencies Of the Krasnodar Territory announced 18 victims, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Krasnodar Territory confirmed information about 17 victims. "32 people were hospitalized in the Temryuk Central Regional Hospital: four are in serious condition, 10 are in a state of moderate and nine are of mild severity, another nine people are being examined," the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations explained to TASS.
Earlier, Interfax, citing a source in the region's ambulance service, reported 18 victims.
It should be noted that the TASS regional center for disaster medicine reported that all those rescued after the bus fell from the pier under construction were taken to hospitals in the Krasnodar Territory. "Eight people were actually hospitalized in the Temryuk city hospital, the condition of five of them is assessed as severe, three as moderate," the agency's interlocutor explained. According to him, 11 people were taken to the Taman hospital in a mild condition. Five more people in hospitals are examined by doctors. "There is no decision on their hospitalization yet," said a representative of the Center.
Life.ru notes that among the hospitalized and the bus driver, he was diagnosed with a broken leg.
In addition, Life.ru quotes the SHOT telegram channel: "Eyewitnesses said that the bus was overcrowded. There were about 60 people in the transport. When the bus began to fall into the sea, ten workers managed to jump out of it, and the rest ended up in the sea."
The bus fell from a height of four meters, says RIA Novosti, citing a source in the emergency services of the region.
Life.ru chronicles the events of the incident. According to TASS, citing the Emergencies Ministry, rescuers managed to lift the bus to the surface using a crane.
According to preliminary data, the reason for the fall of the bus from the embankment was a malfunction of the brake system, a source in the operational services of the region told Interfax. "The failure of the brakes is considered as one of the main causes of the accident. This information was obtained, including from eyewitnesses," said the interlocutor of the agency.
In social networks, eyewitnesses to the incident, in particular, report that the bus driver tried to brake with the gearbox, but it was torn apart at speed. The car turned around, it hit the concrete bump stop of the berth under construction and capsized into the sea.
"The bus was carrying workers to the facility. When descending to the pier, its brakes failed. The bus drove to the pier, drove 300-400 meters along it and fell into the water," the Temryuk district administration told TASS.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Articles 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the rules road traffic and operation of vehicles ") and 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (" Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements "), and the transport prosecutor's office has also begun an inspection. Experienced investigators and criminologists from the central office went to the scene, "Svetlana Petrenko, an official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, told TASS.
REN TV publishes video from the scene. The footage shows that at the place where the tragedy occurred, operational services are working.
20 divers are working at the scene, 17 of them are divers of the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Detachment, Interfax notes. A diving station was also delivered to the site for refueling air cylinders for divers to work underwater. The depth of the sea in this place is 12 meters.
It was instructed to prepare rooms in hotels for relatives of shift workers who died in the fall of the bus, said the Governor of the region Veniamin Kondratyev in
"The whole road was covered in oil, it flowed like a train, people began to jump out on the move."
Rescue work near the Volna village, where in the morning, carrying workers to shift, continues. According to the latest data, as a result of the emergency, 17 people died, 27 were rescued (among them the driver). Our correspondents "MK in the Kuban" managed to contact the wife of an eyewitness to the events, who was traveling in a rotational bus just behind the vehicle that fell into the sea. According to him, most likely, the brakes of the bus were not working properly.
This is what a woman told our colleagues: “My husband works there. He sent me a text message in the morning: "We have an emergency, the bus fell off the pier, many people died." A little later, the information was confirmed by the local administration.
Then the spouse called and said that they were traveling in a rotational bus after the Interstroyevsky bus, on which workers were taken to the construction of the Tamanneftegaz pier near the Kerch Strait (the pier is intended for OTEKO, which includes Tamanneftegaz, the largest investment company in the new port of Taman It is being built by the subcontracting organization "Interstroy" - auth.) And there the road goes downhill. The husband explained: “We see that the bus is heading straight down. We still think why he is racing like that, and then we see that the whole road is covered in oil, it just pours like a train. Apparently, the brakes of the bus went off and the driver tried to brake with a handbrake. It was evident that he could not stop, people began to jump out on the move. We saw people getting out through the hatches above. One landed successfully, the other injured his hand, broke his ribs. And the bus is still rushing, drove to the pier and fell into the water. "
According to an eyewitness, the bus was full. They were accompanied by people from the same watch, who simply did not find a place in the bus that then fell into the sea.
Also, a witness to the events said that, most likely, the local Temryuk brigade was on the bus, engaged in the construction of the pier. People from crashed bus they began to pull it out at once, but the depth there is about 10 meters. The first three who were taken out of the water could not be saved, they choked immediately.
More than 20 divers worked on site. The bus has already been lifted up by crane. But the search for the missing continues.
This morning, in the Krasnodar Territory, in the area of the Volna settlement of the Temryuk region, a bus fell into the Kerch Strait, which was carrying workers who were building a pier in the Kerch Strait.
According to official data, there were 35 people on the bus, all of them were employees of the Tamanneftegaz company. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 12 people died in the accident. However, other sources indicate that there were 38 people on the bus, 24 people were rescued, 8 of them were sent to hospitals, another 14 people were killed. According to preliminary data, the accident occurred due to the fault of the driver, who lost control.
At the scene of the incident, divers are conducting search and rescue operations. More than 20 people were rescued. More than 80 people and 27 pieces of equipment were involved in the liquidation of the consequences, including 17 people and 7 pieces of equipment from the EMERCOM of Russia.
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According to preliminary data, the failure of the brakes became the cause of the emergency. The bus was carrying 45 workers of the Tamanneftegaz company. They were returning from watch. Earlier it was reported that the bus was carrying the builders of the Kerch Bridge. Rescuers immediately recruited divers. The bus was lifted from the sea day with a crane.
Who's guilty?
The workers were transported on a bus belonging to an individual entrepreneur born in 1963. The bus may have problems with brake system... Eyewitnesses report that the driver tried to brake with the gearbox, but it collapsed. The bus turned across the road, hit a concrete bumper and crashed into the sea.
Official representative of the IC of Russia Svetlana Petrenko stated that “the investigation additionally qualified the deed under the article“ Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements ”.
What place?
The Volna settlement is located in the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory. This is the Taman Peninsula, where the seaport of Taman is located. It has constructed and under construction terminals designed for transshipment of the following cargo: oil and oil products, liquefied hydrocarbon gases, ammonia, grain, coal, fertilizers, iron ore, sulfur, steel products, container cargo.
How many were injured?
18 people died. Rescuers have already lifted all bodies out of the water. At first, six deaths were reported. All those who were rescued after the bus crashed were taken to hospitals in the Krasnodar Territory - Temryuk hospital and Taman hospital.
What about the driver?
The bus driver is reported to be alive and in hospital. He has fractures in both legs.
Will there be compensation?
The company that owns the OTEKO-Portservice bus will provide assistance to workers injured in road accidents and their families. The press service of TASS said that the deputy general director of OTEKO-Portservice was at the scene of the incident. Irina Trifonova.
