Heavy snow blamed in 2 fatal car accidents in Almaty city

ALMATY. KAZINFORM – 39 car accidents occurred overnight due to heavy snow in Almaty city, Kazinform correspondent reports citing the press service of the police department.

Of 39 car accidents, 9 resulted in injuries and two deaths.

Notably, 4-7cm and 10-12cm of snow in mountainous areas fell overnight in the city of Almaty.

To clean snow the city deployed 567 units of equipment as well as 1,485 road workers.