Russia (bbabo.net) - From six o'clock in the morning on December 22 and until further notice, the State Traffic Inspectorate imposed a temporary restriction on the movement of passenger transport on highways of federal, regional and intermunicipal importance in the Kurgan region due to snowfall.

As specified in the traffic police, this specifically concerns the highways R-254 Irtysh 55 along km 259 km, R-354 Yekaterinburg - Shadrinsk - Kurgan from 125 to km 356 km, as well as the regional highway Kurgan - Kurtamysh - Tselinnoye. For the time being, buses will not operate in these directions.

The snowfall began in the Trans-Urals last night and has not stopped to this day. According to forecasters, in two days the snow cover in some places can reach 15-20 centimeters. The situation is aggravated by the fact that it is snowing, and ice and snow are immediately formed. This has already led to an accident involving two trucks that collided on the Irtysh highway near the village of Yurgamysh. According to the Kurgan rescuers on the social network, as a result of a head-on collision of cars, one of the drivers died at the scene.

The State Traffic Inspectorate of the region asks to refuse to travel. In case of an emergency situation on the road, call the duty group of the OBDPS traffic police at 25-64-90 , or 102 , or on the single emergency number 112 / b.

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