Usiku hwokupedzisira, mutambi weRussia Valery Nikolayev akasungwa nemapurisa ari pakati peMoscow. Vashandi vemitemo vaifanira kutevera motokari yemuiti, uye zvainge zvisingakwanisi kumuchengeta nerubatsiro rwebhubhoni rakagadzirwa mumugwagwa.
Chikonzero chekusungwa kwemutambi wacho waiva ruzivo rwekuti zuva rakagara risati rauraya mukadzi ane makore makumi matanhatu nemasere ekuyambuka pedyo nechiteshi che Chistoprudniy Boulevard. Maererano nevanoona, Nikolaev akafamba ari kumhanya zvakananga pamwe chete nemitambo yezvitima. Mushure mekunge agogodza pasi munhu anofamba, mufambi wacho haana kumisa uye haana kunonoka, asi akanyangarika.
Mukadzi akawana kukuvadzwa kwakakura akanga ari muchipatara. Anofungidzirwa nezvekurohwa kwakanyanya kweuropi. Zuva rose motokari yemutambi aida, uye usiku husiku huno mahofisi eDPS akakwanisa kuchengetedza mutadzi. Maererano nemapurisa, munyori uyu akakurumbira haana kuteerera zvaidiwa nevatevedzeri vemitemo, uye akagadzirisa motokari dzakawanda asati agona kumira.
Valery Nikolayev akaudza vatori venhau vakanga vari panzvimbo yevasungwa kuti akanga asingazivi chikonzero nei akamira. Panguva iyo inozivikanwa kuti motokari yemuitevedzeri pamotokari yechipupuriro yakaendeswa kunzvimbo yekupaka. Nhau dzichangobva kuitika pamusoro pekuti Nikolaev aripi iye zvino haisi kuendeswa kumatare ekuchengetedza mitemo.