A marketplace truck driver died in a traffic accident with road equipment near Yekaterinburg (PHOTO)

      A marketplace truck driver died near Yekaterinburg in a traffic accident involving road machinery (PHOTO)

      August 6, 2026

      A non-local driver transporting goods for a marketplace in a truck died on Wednesday, August 5, in a road accident involving a FAW vehicle and a tractor, which occurred near Pervouralsk on the 296th kilometer of the M-12 "Vostok" highway (Ačit - Yekaterinburg section), reported the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region.

      Around 15:10, the driver of a KamAZ truck with a Schmitz semi-trailer, traveling from Ačit towards Yekaterinburg, did not maintain a safe distance from the FAW vehicle ahead and collided with it. As a result of the impact, the FAW crashed into a Belarus tractor moving in the same direction. Both vehicles were engaged in road cleaning.

      As a result of the incident, the truck driver died at the scene from his injuries. It was established that the deceased was a resident of the Republic of Tatarstan. At the time of the accident, he was traveling from Perm to Yekaterinburg, transporting packages from the marketplace. The man had 19 years of driving experience and had previously been held administratively responsible for traffic violations 16 times. The drivers of the FAW and the Belarus tractor were taken to the city hospital No. 1 in Pervouralsk for medical assistance.

      The FAW driver has 18 years of driving experience and had previously been held administratively responsible 11 times. The tractor driver has 22 years of driving experience and had been held administratively responsible 21 times before. An investigative operational group was dispatched to the scene of the incident.

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A driver from another city, transporting goods for a marketplace in a truck, died on Wednesday, August 5, in a road accident involving a FAW vehicle and a tractor, which occurred near Pervouralsk on the 296th kilometer of the M-12 "Vostok" highway (section Achi - Yekaterinburg), reported the State Traffic Safety Administration of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region.