Eight people died in an accident with a bus in the Khabarovsk Territory

The accident happened on the 178th kilometer of the highway.

According to the regional Minister of Health Yuriy Boychenko, three of the victims are in serious condition, the condition of three more is assessed as moderate. Operational beds are deployed in the 1st and 2nd regional hospitals.

Two helicopters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations took off for the victims. On board the first, specialists in disaster medicine, a team of anesthesiologists and resuscitators were reinforced by a neurosurgeon and a traumatologist from KKB No. 2.

- The second plane took off, also Mi-8 , it also flies with a reinforced brigade, plus, at the request of the Trinity Central District Hospital, they are transporting blood products and blood substitutes. There are victims with serious blood loss, - Boychenko added.

As Novye Izvestiya was told in the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations, rescuers from the village of Lidoga, employees of the local fire and rescue unit, doctors and traffic police inspectors are working at the scene of the accident . The reasons will be established during the due diligence.

On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated under the article on the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements.