A video has shown the moment a taxi drove into a crowd of people in central Moscow on Saturday, injuring eight people including some Mexicans who are in the city for the soccer World Cup, Russian officials and an eyewitness said.
Interfax news agency cited a source as saying that the driver was drunk at the time of the incident, which occurred near Red Square. Eight people have sought medical assistance, the Moscow police said.
An image of the man alleged to be the driver of the car which injured eight people. (Photo Courtesy: Daily Mail)
Moscow traffic authority has released this image of the alleged driver's licence. (Photo Courtest: Daily Mail)
Moscow’s traffic management authority said the taxi driver had a driver’s license issued in Kyrgyzstan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic. The authority cited the driver as saying he had not driven into the crowd on purpose.
A damaged taxi, which ran into a crowd of people, is evacuated in central Moscow. (Reuters)
An ambulance is parked near a damaged taxi, which ran into crowds of people in central Moscow. (Reuters)
