Accident causes six-kilometer traffic jam on EKAD, video shows
Traffic is obstructed from the Berezovsky direction on the Yekaterinburg Ring Road following a crash.
Jan 27, 2026 0
The traffic jam stretches almost six kilometers
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On the Yekaterinburg Ring Road (EKAD), a traffic jam six kilometers long has formed due to an accident. According to video from the crash scene, two Gazelle vehicles collided.
A Yekaterinburg resident filmed video at the accident scene
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«There»s an accident on EKAD. Traffic police have blocked two lanes. The jam is from the Berezovsky side,« shared a reader.
On the road, two Gazelles collided, and the driver of one of them was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
«According to preliminary information, the driver, operating a Gaz vehicle, did not maintain a safe distance and collided with a vehicle moving ahead in the same direction,» reported the State Traffic Inspectorate for Yekaterinburg.
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