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Baku-Gazakh motorway minibus crash
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The Baku-Gazakh motorway minibus crash occurred on November 4, 2007 (about 22:30 ) in the Garadagh district of Baku, Azerbaijan, on the 51st km of Baku-Gazakh motorway. A Mercedes-Benz minibus, carrying 20 persons on their way back from a wedding, slammed into a parked Kamaz truck, laden with stones. 14 people including the driver died (according to Prosecutor of Garadagh district Tariel Gurbanov, 4 of them were children and 6 were women) and 4 were injured. The injured were taken to a military hospital in Alat. The Garadagh police office instituted a criminal proceeding on article 263.3 (violating traffic rules and usage of vehicles, causing death of two or more persons) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The crash became the country's heaviest road accident in the past 10 years.
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