An ambulance with flashing lights and sound alarm was rammed on Pushkin Avenue in Minsk
On Wednesday evening, December 18, a serious traffic accident occurred in the center of Minsk.
On Pushkin Avenue, a Lada car rammed an ambulance that was driving with its flashing lights and sound alarm on.
The press service of the capital's State Traffic Inspectorate reported the incident on its official Telegram channel.
It is reported that the Lada crashed into the GAZ ambulance at the intersection of Pushkin Avenue and Pritytskogo Street.
At the time of movement through the said intersection, the GAZ vehicle had blue flashing lights and an audible alarm on, the department noted.
Fortunately, no one was hurt as a result of the incident.
However, the colliding vehicles received mechanical damage.
Employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk were working at the scene of the accident, the report says.
In connection with the incident, the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate once again called on drivers to be extremely attentive and careful while driving.
They were reminded that compliance with traffic rules is the best guarantee of their own safety.
And in the event that an emergency vehicle with a blue beacon on approaches, drivers must give way to it.
In this case, all drivers must give way, regardless of the direction they are traveling.
