Three vehicles collided in Russia's Arkhangelsk region, killing 12 people. [1] Reuters filed a minibus, a logging truck, and a passenger car on the M-8. [1] Print 12. Do not print a later 13. Later counts belong to later editions.

An Investigative Committee case is an opened case, not a verdict. Injuries in Friday copy are injuries, not extra dead. Print Friday's 12. Leave a mourning day to the edition that owns a mourning day.

Friday recap that treats 12 as a closed highway file is a feed, not Reuters. Print the crash. Do not invent a cause beyond the collision as filed.

Saturday can recap; Friday prints 12.
Twelve remains Friday's only named crash count on this Moscow desk.
Twelve dead on a regional highway is a major toll by Russian road standards. The Investigative Committee opens cases as reflex. Causes emerge from wreckage examinations, not Friday copy.

Reflex cases open; wreckage speaks slowly. Friday's wreckage is fresh. Causes wait for examiners.

Waiting examiners wait; Friday prints twelve. Reflex cases opened. Causes stay in the wreckage.

The Investigative Committee opens cases as reflex. Friday prints twelve, not a later 13. Causes stay in the wreckage.

The highway file is still three vehicles, not a closed criminal case. Twelve dead is the Reuters number this Moscow page will carry. Wounded in the wrap stay wounded. A thirteenth body and mourning days sit in later Russian copy.
Friday will not print a thirteenth. Wounded in the wrap stay wounded. Causes stay in the wreckage.

Friday will not print a thirteenth. Wounded in the wrap stay wounded. Causes stay in the wreckage.

-- KATYA VOLKOV, Moscow