An elderly woman was hit by a scheduled bus "Yekaterinburg - Polevskoy" due to the driver's fault.
The inattentiveness of the intercity bus driver was the cause of the accident involving a 71-year-old female pedestrian in Polevskoy. He did not yield to her at the crosswalk, the State Traffic Inspectorate of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region reported on Sunday.
The traffic accident occurred today, June 28, at 11:37 at an unregulated crosswalk opposite the building at 95 Volodarsky Street in the city of Polevskoy.
According to preliminary data, the 60-year-old driver of a Yutong bus, traveling without passengers from the bus station for intercity transport on route No. 145 "Yekaterinburg - Polevskoy," failed to yield to the pedestrian, a 71-year-old woman, who was crossing the roadway at the unregulated crosswalk.
With a head injury and bruises, the victim was taken by ambulance to the Central District Hospital of Polevskoy.
It has been established that the driver has 27 years of driving experience and has previously been held administratively responsible for traffic violations 30 times. A sobriety test showed that the driver was sober.
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An elderly woman was hit by a scheduled bus "Yekaterinburg - Polevskoy" due to the driver's fault.
The inattentiveness of the intercity bus driver caused an accident involving a 71-year-old female pedestrian in Polevskoy. He did not yield to her at the crosswalk, the State Traffic Inspectorate of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region reported on Sunday.
