Three people died in a traffic accident that occurred on December 16 in Kostanay Oblast. The regional Education Department confirmed that all three women were teachers at local schools, the KTK TV channel reports .
"On December 16, two teachers died in a traffic accident in the region. A teacher of Russian language and literature from the Zarechnaya school-lyceum of the Kostanay district, as well as a teacher-psychologist from the Bolshe-Churakovskaya comprehensive school of the Altynsarinsky district, died in an accident on the Kostanay-Auliekol-Surgan highway while visiting relatives. We offer our deepest condolences to their families and friends," said Anna Lazareva, press secretary of the Education Department of the Akimat of the Kostanay region.
The administration also clarified that the third teacher worked in a private school.
The publication Qostanai.media showed photographs of the women who died in the accident.
Let us recall that three more victims of the accident were hospitalized in the Auliekol District Hospital. Qostanai.media writes that among the victims is an 11-year-old boy, he was traveling with his mother.
"The police have launched an investigation under Article 345 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 'Violation of traffic rules that resulted in the death of two or more persons through negligence.' According to the preliminary version, the cause of the accident could have been the fact that the driver of the Volvo fell asleep at the wheel," the publication writes.
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