A retiree died under the wheels of an Eco Land LLC garbage truck on Kultury Avenue. This was reported by a source within law enforcement.
Technique knocked down an 83-year-old woman in the yard of the house on the morning of March 3. The townswoman was hospitalized, but doctors were unable to save her. The pensioner died of injuries in Elizabethan Hospital.
The car was driven by a 35-year-old employee of the company Eco Land, which since last year has been the general contractor for the regional operator of municipal solid waste management in Saint Petersburg. It is known that in 2022-2023, a man was convicted four times for speeding.
The driver was released on his own recognizance, a criminal case was opened under the article on violation of traffic rules and driving vehicles. Investigators are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy.
The company Eco Land began to deal with the removal of MSW in St. Petersburg after the start of garbage reform, which for many citizens was filled with mountains of garbage at container sites. The newcomer to the market got seven neighborhoods in the city that he hadn’t worked in before, which, as expected, led to a series of problems. Read more about this in the material “MK in St. Petersburg”.
