In Khabarovsk Krai lowered flags in memory of those killed in road accidents – RIA Novosti

Khabarovsk, August 6 – RIA Novosti. National flags will be flown at half mast on Thursday in the Khabarovsk region as a sign of mourning for those killed in a traffic accident on the route Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk.

According to police, the accident occurred Wednesday afternoon at the 125 km of Komsomolsk-on-Amur – Khabarovsk. We faced two buses of routes 301 and 304. According to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday evening in the lists of the dead 16 people, including a child who suffered – 56. The doctors were sent to the hospital 28 injured.

The head of the region Vyacheslav Shport announced August 6 a day of mourning for the victims. State flags will be lowered. In all the temples of Khabarovsk will be held mourning services.

According to the website of the regional government, the governor took personal control of the investigation into the causes of the accident. A special commission to investigate the accident.

He also instructed the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Protection boundary organize assistance and support to the victims and families of the dead.

The families of the victims will be paid from the regional budget in the amount of financial assistance of 500 thousand rubles, victims will receive 200 thousand rubles.

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The first shots of the accident scene in the Khabarovsk region, killing at least 16 people