Families and relatives of those killed and injured in road accident near Tula, Russia, will not receive indemnity payments from Russia, gazeta.ru reports referring to the National Union of Liability Insurers.
According to the source, the bus running Moscow-Yerevan belonged to an Armenia company and the obligatory motor third-party liability insurance does not apply to foreign legal entities.
Gagik Beglaryan, Minister of Transport and Communications of Armenia, left to the scene yesterday in the evening. An ad hoc committee was set up at the Ministry over the accident.
To recall, at least 8 people were killed and 47 injured, as a passenger bus running from Moscow to the Armenian capital of Yerevan overturned on the M4 "Don" highway in Tula Region, Russian media report, citing emergency services. The police representative says that there were 61 people in the bus: 52 men, including the drivers, and 9 women. The police have confirmed that all the passengers are citizens of Armenia and the vehicle is registered in Armenia. The police are considering the technical malfunction of the bus, but the police do not rule out that the driver might have fallen asleep while driving.
According to gazeta.ru, Andrey Yartsev, a representative of the Russian Interior Ministry, says the driver said he lost control of the bus because of a technical problem. However, one of the police theories is human factor.
Tula Region Governor Vlaidmir Gruzdev has extended his condolence to the families of the killed. He contacted Armenian Ambassador Oleg Yesayan to set up a joint working group to assist the families of the killed and injured.