Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 9
By Samir Ali – Trend:
The Main Criminal Investigation Department of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched a criminal case under Article 263 (violation of traffic rules and vehicle operation) of the country’s Criminal Code over a road accident Mar. 9 morning on the Baku-Sumqayit highway, the Main Traffic Police Department of Azerbaijan told Trend Mar. 9.
Sumqayit resident Namig Huseynov, the Ford Transit Minibus driver, who has caused the road accident, has been detained.
The minibus en route from Baku to Sumqayit city collided with a truck, Trend’s correspondent reported earlier from the accident scene.
The minibus was transporting students of the Sumqayit State University.
The number of victims in the road accident has increased to five, over 20 people were injured.