Here's some more information I found on
reddit about the accident. It seems the drivers of the Chrysler and the Mercedes were the two fatalities.
Moscow Prosecutor's Office employee was killed in a major car accident in the west suburbs. In the crash of broken seven cars, in addition to the prosecutor killed another man, a few were injured. The accident traffic on Riga highway was almost completely paralyzed. The prosecutor's office of the capital reported that their co-worker, driving by proxy SUV Mercedes Gelandewagen, returning from soccer practice.
Accident involving an employee of the capital prosecution occurred in the Istra district of Moscow on the 29th kilometer of the Riga highway. Around 21:00 Sunday to the reconstructed section of the road, near the narrow lanes, the collision occurred seven cars at once.
According to preliminary reports, the culprit accident was the driver of VAZ-2114, which lost control and drove into the oncoming lane. On an opposite domestic passenger car collided with a car Mercedes Gelandewagen, driven by a Moscow prosecutor's office employee Michael Gridnev. The blow SUV, which Gridnev ruled by proxy, turned over on its side and flew into the opposite lane and collided once with five cars - Opel, Kia, Honda, Chrysler and Mitsubishi. Heavy German SUV landed on the roof and the cab was completely mangled, leaving no chance to find the driver at the wheel. From his injuries at the accident scene was killed himself Gridnev, as well as 33-year-old woman who was driving a "Chrysler". Three more victims needed help doctors.
After an accident on the place gathered a large amount of specialized equipment, doctors, police, and according to some reports, senior prosecutors. The accident traffic on Riga highway was almost paralyzed - the top of the motorists who were returning after a weekend in Moscow, stretches over a distance of 10 to 20 kilometers.
Initially it was reported that the victim of the accident was the head of a department in the capital prosecution, but later it turned out that the victim did not hold high positions. The prosecutor's office of Moscow "Gazeta.ru" said that the deceased employee was 26 years old, and he worked in the department of statistics and records of the control department. The ministry also said that the deceased employee is not a relative of the official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office Marina Gridneva.
In addition, the prosecutor's office said that the deceased employee at the time of the accident was sober and returned to soccer practice. "It was a completely normal, healthy guy, he was very fond of sport" - told in the press service of the Ministry.
Moscow prosecutor's office on the site you can find only one mention of Michael Gridnevo. In mid-October last year, he was voted the best goalkeeper of the championship in mini-football, which involved teams of prosecutors administrative districts, the joint team of specialized prosecutors and prosecutors Zelenograd, Novomoskovskoye and Trinity counties and administrative apparatus prosecution team in Moscow. The winner of the tournament was the team of the unit of capital prosecution, a fact which has played Gridnev.
In the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow region reported that the details of an accident they still do not know. "Some specifics about the circumstances of the accident to us until you came, - the" Gazeta.ru "press-service head Alexei Nikitin. - It is clear that there will be a criminal case, but the more I do not know yet. "
According to the practice, in fact the accident will be prosecuted under Part 5, Art. 264 of the Criminal Code (violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more persons). The person responsible for the accident could face up to seven years in prison.
On the state of health of a driver VAZ-2114 and that he was detained, not yet known.
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ДТП на Новорижском шоссе в Истринском районе Подмосковья. Столкнулись 7 автомобилей. ДТП спровоцировал водитель Лады. Он не справился с управлением, выехал на встречку и врезался в Mercedes. Тот в свою очередь от удара тоже вылетел на встречную и столкнулся с Opel Vectra, Kia Ceed, Honda Civic, Chrysler и Mitsubishi. В результате аварии погибли два человека, трое госпитализированы в тяжелом состоянии.
Translated:
Accident on the highway Novorizhskoye in the Istra district of Moscow region. 7 cars collided. Accident provoked Lada driver. He lost control, drove into the oncoming lane and crashed into a Mercedes. That, in turn strike too took off on a counter and ran into the Opel Vectra, Kia Ceed, Honda Civic, Chrysler and Mitsubishi. The accident killed two people, three of them were hospitalized in serious condition.
