A minibus carrying workers overturned near Tyumen: three injured

Accident near Tyumen

Three people were injured in a traffic accident involving a minibus carrying employees of one of the organizations — this was reported by the regional traffic police. The accident occurred on the morning of November 9 at the 178th kilometer of the Kurgan — Tyumen highway: a Peugeot Boxer veered off the road and overturned. Behind the wheel was a 39-year-old man who, according to preliminary data, lost control in difficult weather conditions.

The injured and the circumstances

Two women aged 37 and 59, as well as a man whose age is being established, were injured. All three were taken to the hospital; there is no information yet on the severity of their condition. The traffic police clarified that the minibus was equipped with winter tires, and the remaining circumstances are being investigated. The accident occurred against the backdrop of a sharp deterioration in the weather: overnight, snowfall covered the Tyumen region, black ice made driving difficult, and in the morning ten-point traffic jams formed in Tyumen — buses were getting stuck on inclines, and a transport collapse occurred on the Nikolsky Bridge.

A similar accident in the Magadan region is a separate incident

This is already the second case in two days of a vehicle carrying workers overturning, but these are different accidents. According to Life.ru, on November 8, at the 69th kilometer of the Gerba — Omsukchan highway in the Magadan region, a Shacman shift-worker busoverturned: the 60-year-old driver, according to preliminary data, also lost control. Six passengers were injured, two of whom were taken to the hospital. Only the type of incident and the preliminary theory of loss of control coincide; no connection between the accidents is claimed in the publications.