Four people were killed in an accident in the Vladimir region.

Four people were killed and another injured in an accident in the Vladimir region. This was announced on Sunday, July 20, on the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

"At about 17:00, a traffic accident occurred on 265 km of the M7 Volga highway in the Kovrov district. According to preliminary information, there was a collision of several passenger cars, followed by a fire. As of 19:30, four dead and one injured were reported," the report says.

It is specified that employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate and the investigative task force, as well as emergency services, are working at the scene of the traffic accident.

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On the same day in Nizhny Novgorod, a carsharing driver, being intoxicated, killed a pedestrian. According to preliminary data, the 26-year-old Chery Tiggo driver drove into the oncoming lane on Lenin Avenue, then onto the sidewalk, where he hit a 35-year-old man.

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