The key facts

  • Crash of two Ladas at the intersection of Krasnopolye Avenue and Beyvel Street in Chelyabinsk
  • A witness reports a chase with gunfire; after the collision, a person was taken from the car
  • The materials have been sent for verification to the police and the State Traffic Inspectorate

A chase with gunfire ended in a crash

In Chelyabinsk, two Lada cars collided on Krasnopolye Avenue — at the intersection of the avenue with Beyvel Street. According to a witness of the incident cited by 74.RU in a publication by Gazeta.Ru, one of the cars was being chased, and shots were fired from the windows of the other car. After the collision, the pursuers took a person out of one of the cars and fled.

What is known and what remains unclear

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated: the information has been sent for verification to the police and the State Traffic Inspectorate. The publication does not report any injured people, detainees, or details of the incident — at this point, the main facts (the chase, the shooting, the collision, and the abduction of a person) rest on the words of a single witness and require confirmation by the verifying agencies.