Three people were killed and five injured in a massive road accident in Mari El

Three people were killed and five more injured when three cars collided in Mari El. This was announced on November 14 by the republic's State Traffic Inspectorate in the Maks messenger.

It is noted that the accident occurred in the afternoon on the 64th km of the Yoshkar-Ola - Zelenodolsk highway in the Zvenigovsky district. According to the information, the Renault driver drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a Hyundai Solaris and a Ford Focus.

The published footage shows heavily deformed car bodies. One of the cars was thrown into a ditch during the collision. In addition, reverse traffic was organized at the incident site. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated by traffic police officers and the investigative task force. "Газета.Ru ".

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On the same day, two people died and four more were injured in an accident in the Leninsky district of Saratov. It was clarified that Lada Granta and VAZ-2114 cars collided on Peschano-Umetskaya Street. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.