"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 were immediately pulled out of the fallen bus, 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.
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 a problem with the braking 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.
At about 8 am, in the area of the Volna village of the Krasnodar Territory, a bus overturned from the pier in the Kerch Strait. According to preliminary data, he transported workers of the contracting organization and the company ZAO Tamanneftegaz returning from their shift.
According to the administration of the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory, the territory was cordoned off, doctors, law enforcement officers, and psychologists went to the scene. In addition, a special naval rescue team went there, which lifted the fallen bus to the surface. The sea depth in the accident area is about 4 meters.
As a result of the tragedy, 17 people out of 41 who were on the bus were killed. All victims were taken to hospitals in the region. Doctors assess the condition of 5 people as grave.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, more than 110 people and 29 pieces of equipment were involved in the liquidation of the accident.
The investigation is being conducted ...
By order of the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, the case of the deaths of workers in the Kuban was transferred to the investigation department of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, and experienced investigators and forensic experts from the central office were sent to the scene.
Initially, a criminal case was opened on the grounds of a crime under Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules and vehicle operation). However, by 11 o'clock it was established that a bus belonging to a private entrepreneur was transporting the workers.
“In this regard, the investigation additionally qualified the deed under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements) ”, - reported on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The investigation is considering all possible versions of the accident: violation of traffic rules by the driver, technical failure. In addition, the task of the investigators is to establish "the role of persons who are responsible for monitoring the technical condition of the vehicle and ensuring the safety of employees of the enterprise."
The Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office is also conducting an audit. So it's too early to draw any conclusions.
Accidents with buses are not uncommon
Unfortunately, the statistics of road accidents involving buses are sad, and not only in Russia. Messages come almost every day, and there are almost always victims.
Only the day before from Turkey came information about an accident with an intercity bus, which killed 5 people. A few days ago, 11 Russians were injured in an accident with a tourist bus, also in Turkey.
This morning in Murmansk, a bus crashed into a trolleybus. Fortunately, no one was hurt. And on the eve in the village of Vnukovo, two buses collided, as a result of which three people were injured. Even more often minibuses get into accidents.
The causes of road accidents are different each time: from traffic violations to equipment failure. In any case, we can talk about the human factor. Drivers who do not know the rules of the road are hired, the transport does not undergo a proper technical inspection, etc. In addition, many buses, especially in regions remote from large and wealthy cities, are simply outdated. And no one knows what surprises to expect from them. But any of the reasons can lead to the death of people.
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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.
Earlier, 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 traffic rules and the 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 also began an audit. “On the instructions of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the 7th Investigation Department of the Main Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia has accepted the criminal case.
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 the relatives of shift workers who died in the crash of the bus, said the Governor of the region Veniamin Kondratyev in
25.08.2017, 15:20
In Russia, there was a large-scale emergency at the construction of the Kerch bridge
As a result of an accident, a bus with Russian workers fell into the Kerch Strait. As a result of the accident, 18 people died and another 34 were urgently hospitalized.
At the crash site of a bus with workers in the Krasnodar Territory, the body of the 18th victim was found. This was reported by the Interfax agency, citing a source in the ambulance service of the region.
"According to updated data, 18 people with no signs of life were found," the message says.
In addition, the number of people hospitalized in medical institutions after the bus fell from the bridge increased to 34. Of these, two were urgently delivered by helicopter to the Krasnodar Regional Clinical Hospital.
Psychologists and ambulance teams, regional specialists, including a resuscitator, a neurosurgeon and a traumatologist, are working at the scene of the incident.
"The bus was returning with workers of the Tamanneftegaz enterprise from the shift. For an unknown reason, according to preliminary data, it fell into the Kerch Strait," an ambulance spokesman for the region of the Russian Federation said earlier.
Prior to that, Emergency Situations Ministry employees rescued 24 people, of whom eight were hospitalized. Also, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said earlier that at the time of the accident there were 38 people on the bus.
"At 08:07 ... a message was received that in the village of Volna, a shift bus with people in it fell into the water from a pier under construction," the representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the bus belongs to a construction company that built a pier for the Tamanneftegaz company.
