Russia demands answers after 190 km traffic jam
- Published: 3 Dec 2012 at 17.47
- Online news: World
The Russian government on Monday admitted that road services should be better prepared after a 190 kilometre (118 mile) horror traffic jam involving more than 4,000 trucks paralysed circulation on a key highway over the weekend.
A lengthy traffic jam on the outskirts of Moscow in 2007. The Russian government has admitted road services should be better prepared after a 190 kilometre (118 mile) horror traffic jam involving more than 4,000 trucks paralysed circulation on a key highway over the weekend.
Officials said that traffic on the M-10 motorway north of Moscow had been moving normally again since the early hours of Monday but acknowledged more needed to be done to prevent a repeat of the problems.
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