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Five die, three injured in fatal crash in southeast Russia

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Five people died and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Russia's southeastern Nizhegorodsky District, a police source said on Saturday.
MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti) - Five people died and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Russia's southeastern Nizhegorodsky District, a police source said on Saturday.

The traffic accident occurred on Friday along the Moscow-Kazan highway near the town of Dzerzhinsk.

"The driver of a Hyundai broke traffic rules and crashed into a Mercedes. As a result of the crash the Hyundai driver and his four passengers were killed instantly, the driver of the other vehicle and his two passengers were seriously injured," the police source said.

The injured are currently in intensive care at a local hospital.

Police are investigating the fatal accident.

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