Unlicensed driver detained after fatal Lake Baikal car accident-Xinhua

Unlicensed driver detained after fatal Lake Baikal car accident

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-01-29 19:28:30

VLADIVOSTOK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The driver of a car that overturned on Lake Baikal in Russia on Wednesday did not have a driver's license and had never obtained one, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Thursday.

The 41-year-old driver has been detained over charges of breaching safety regulations resulting in fatalities, said the committee in a statement on its Telegram channel.

A Chinese tourist died and four others sustained minor injuries after a car carrying tourists overturned on the frozen surface of Lake Baikal on Wednesday.