Police Establish Identities of Deceased in Accident Near Tyumen
The State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (GIBDD) has named the preliminary cause of the fatal traffic accident that claimed the lives of two people.
Mar 6, 2026 0
On the Tyumen — Khanty-Mansiysk highway, there is a difficult weather situation with heavy snowfall.
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Law enforcement agencies have completed the identification of two men who died in a road traffic accident on the Tyumen — Khanty-Mansiysk highway.
The fatal collision between a Volvo truck and a Lada Granta car occurred on January 30 in the Uvat District of Tyumen Region.
The GIBDD press service reported: «Preliminarily, the 32-year-old driver, operating a passenger car, veered into the oncoming lane. As a result of the accident, the driver and a 39-year-old passenger of the Lada died. The circumstances of the road traffic accident are being investigated.»
Both deceased were residents of the village of Salym, located in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
The accident occurred at the 500th kilometer of the federal highway, where difficult weather conditions complicated traffic that day.
During the same period in Tyumen, a separate incident occurred: a woman, crossing the roadway in an unauthorized place, tripped and was hit by a car, but survived after a strong impact.
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