Victims of Camry accident in Almaty were students of conservatory

Victims of the horrible car accident in Almaty on February 21 were second-year students of Kazakh National conservatory, Tengrinews.kz reports citing head of inquiries department of Almaty Interior Department Assylzhan Kaldarbekov. According to him, several checks have been scheduled on the driver and the passengers. A criminal case has been initiated, the investigation is in process. The details are being checked. The Interior Department also says that the car was owned by the driver, Aigerim Kozhakhmetova who died in the accident. According to the preliminary information, the young girl lost control over the car. It is being checked whether the driver was drunk. The accident happened at night on February 21 at the crossing of Abay and Mukanov streets from the side of Mukhtar Auezov theater. The black Toyota Camry 40, moving in Western direction got off the road and smashed first into a metal advertisement box then into a concrete lighting pole. The force of the crash ripped the car in halves. One of the young women managed to survive. She was hospitalized to the City Hospital No.7 with chest injuries, multiple fractures, brain and other injuries. She is currently in the hospitals intensive care. Her condition is stable. To take the bodies out of the back seat, the rescuers had to cut open what remained of the car using hydraulic shears and spreading tools. The victims were all between 19 to 23 years old. Their student IDs were found at the accident site. By Vladimir Prokopenko