road accidents Siberia

Old tsarist Road of Exiles has disturbing number of accidents.

Drivers and passengers escaped their sinking lorries but oil is leaking into the world’s 11th longest river, prompting a local state of emergency.

Angry at condition of Omsk streets, Veronika Bobrus becomes local heroine by fixing problem with her own hands.

Acrobats from a sports club were killed after driver lost control in poor weather and hit oncoming truck.

Preliminary investigations suggest one of the drivers fell asleep before head-on smash.

Dashcam video released by police shows how family took wrong turn and car plunged into Lake Baikal.

Traffic officer seriously injured after bravely placing own patrol car in front of buses carrying 93 youngsters to prevent head-on smash.

Two buses in collision on highway linking Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Members of two families perished and others are missing as emergency services scrambled to the scene.