A criminal case was opened over the deaths of two pensioners in a traffic accident in Vyksa.

      November 20, 2025, 14:00

      Incidents

      Investigators have opened a criminal case over a fatal road accident in Vyksa in which two elderly women died, the regional prosecutor’s office reports.

      Recall that the tragedy occurred on the evening of November 19. A 29-year-old local resident without a driver’s license, driving a VAZ 21099, struck two women, aged 70 and 69, who were crossing the road at an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing.

      The victims were hospitalized. Both women sustained severe injuries and soon died from their wounds.

      A criminal case has been opened for a violation of traffic rules that negligently caused the deaths of two people.

      Earlier it was reported that a snow-clearing vehicle struck a 62-year-old woman near an uncontrolled crossing in Nizhny Novgorod.

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