Alex Semin in a car accident
The typical Life.ru reporter: as we are told, they are mostly women (remember how Ovi tried to cover the lenses at the Olympics in Vancouver?) and they are everywhere (talk about good, bad and ugly)
The woman who films the video, shouts: "Alexander, tell us how it happened". Alex ignores her.
Right before Semin's passenger tells her three(!) times: "Don't film, you are not allowed to shoot". She replies, "Oh, come on..."
From life.ru:
Alexander Semin's vacation in Krasnoyarsk was marred by a car accident. The accident occurred around 10:30 am on the Miner street. 26-year-old forward was driving in his Mercedes when he suddenly heard a thud and felt a bump in the rear bumper. As it turned out his luxury car was rammed by an old model 6 Zhiguli.
"I didn't even understand how it happened", said Alexander. "I was just driving, and suddenly a hit."
Semin's friends arrived immediately after the collision to help and support Alex. It was found that in a traffic jam the driver simply didn't hit the brakes in time and rear ended a car of the NHL star. Fortunately nobody was hurt.
Semin at the scene of collision, Aug. 20, 2010
The traffic police officers arrived on the scene and drawn up a protocol.
"There was a sliding collision," told to the press service of the Krasnoyarsk. "Both drivers did not plead guilty. The damage is small. We are investigating how and why the collision has happend.
Source: http://www.lifesports.ru/news/34956/
Update:
From Life.ru report it sounded like Semin's car was rear ended, but here's the report from Sport-Express:
"Around 11 AM the silver Mercedes, moving on the Shakhterov street in the direction of the Berezin street, collided with Zhiguli, third model, that was moving in the same direction. Both drivers claimed that they went straight without changing lanes. Zhiguli had deformed bumper while the Mercedes had a scratch on the side of its body. Both cars were with the passengers, but no one was hurt."
Alex Ovechkin: "My first car was Russian made Zhiguli, model 6" (VAZ-2106). It was produced from 1976 to 2001 by VAZ from Togliatti, the home town of Victor Kozlov and Ilya Bryzgalov.
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I hope this Alexander wears his seatbelt.
Both Alexes need to wear their seatbelts. Everyone needs to wear their seatbelts, no matter how slow they're driving or how short the distance driving.
Yes, both should buckle up! Hopefully this will make Ovie think twice about a-driving fast, and b- seatbelts. Fingers crossed it does?
Also, that wasn't very clear who was at fault, I hope it wasn't Sasha, but it didn't sound like it was.
Wow, that number on the billboard in the background looks really simple. 2 999 999....an emergency number?
Oh! It's not a phone number, it's a website.
(Yes this is severly off topic but those numbers were boldly jumping at me... I had to do it).
Wow a Zhiguli is a babe magnet! lmao! Such a big deal about a fender bender.
Men are funny about seat belts and I don't know why. Shouldn't women be the ones who are uncomfortable wearing a strap across their chest? Anyway, my dad never wears one. Even after 8 rolling accidents and brain damage he still won't wear it. Whatever.
Great Ovie interview today on Puck Daddy
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Ovechkin-takes-on-his-critics-fights-system-in-?urn=nhl-264146
I wonder if he is refering to the Olympics when he is talking about the national team? That might help explain their failure...
@hockeyfan8, I don't think he was referring to this past olympics, but I know in the 2006 one, he had previously stated that there were players on that team that didn't deserve to be there. This past Olympics, I'm sure he agrees with Bryzgalov.
I was listening to WTOP this afternoon and they advertised an event on Oct.18th at the Ritz Carlton at Tyson's Corner called Ovie Supports DVF, which is the Diana Vishneva Foundation. It is a black tie charity event. The website is the same name as the event, but I did not see ticket information. I think that is a Monday night.
@Cathy,
There is a post on it in the July archives.
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