A 30-year-old motorcyclist died at the scene of an accident in Nizhny Tagil on the morning of June 10th. The collision occurred on the Chernoistochinskoye Highway involving a Lexus RX 350 and a Honda motorcycle.
The driver of the Lexus, a 56-year-old local resident with 35 years of driving experience, was reportedly making a U-turn from the far right lane when the accident happened. According to traffic police, he claimed to have checked his mirrors but did not see the motorcyclist.
The motorcyclist was driving on the left side when the Lexus began the U-turn, resulting in the collision. The biker died before emergency services arrived.
The Lexus driver was found to be sober at the time of the incident. The traffic police of the Sverdlovsk Region are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.