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The police are considering inattention of the driver of a Moscow-Yerevan bus that crashed in Russia’s Tula region killing 9 passengers as the main theory on the cause of that crash, the prosecutor of Tula region Alexander Kozlov was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.    

“The main theory is the driver’s inattention on the road. The case has been transferred to Investigative Department of Russian Interior Ministry. All the regional services have done effective work,” Kozlov said.
According to him, the driver exceeded the speed limit – he was driving at 117 km per hour at a road section where the maximum speed limit is 70 km per hour.

It was also revealed that the bus underwent repairs a few hours before the incident and was in good condition, but technical tests will be conducted as part of the investigation into the criminal case.

The bus en route from Moscow to Yerevan was carrying 59 passengers and two drivers (all of them Armenian citizens) when it overturned on November 3 at the 221st kilometer of M-4 interstate highway. The crash left 9 people dead and over 30 others injured.