In the center of Irkutsk, a taxi with two passengers crashed into a tree

This morning in Irkutsk, a taxi with two female passengers knocked down a road barrier and crashed into a tree in Sudarev Lane near the Trud Sports Palace. The women were hospitalized, and the driver was unharmed. According to preliminary data, he may have fallen asleep at the wheel, while police said the taxi driver was sober.

This morning, around 6 a.m., a taxi with two passengers knocked down a road barrier and crashed into a tree in Sudarev Lane in the area of the Trud Sports Palace in Irkutsk.
The female passengers were hospitalized. According to preliminary data, the taxi driver fell asleep at the wheel.
The driver was not injured. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region, the taxi driver was sober.