In the Chekmagushevsky district of Bashkiria, Tuesday, January 19, a terrible accident occurred. At the 61st kilometer of the Buzdyak – Chekmagush – Dyurtyuli highway, Volkswagen Jetta and Daewoo Nexia cars collided head-on. According to preliminary data, a 29-year-old driver, a resident of the Bizhbulyaksky district, driving a Volkswagen Jetta in conditions of snowfall and poor visibility on the road, drove into oncoming traffic and only at the last moment he saw a Daewoo Nexia car suddenly leaving the snowstorm, driven by a 50-year-old resident of Buzdyaksky district. The impact was so strong that the cars were crushed into a pile of metal. In addition, as it turned out, the Volkswagen Jetta was driving in the direction of Buzdyak at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour.
As a result of the accident, the Nexia driver died at the scene from his injuries. His passengers, a 53-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, were hospitalized. Also, the 29-year-old driver and passengers of the Volkswagen, two women aged 24 and 66, needed medical help.
