As a result of the accident, 15 people died. As the head of the Republic of Mari El, Alexander Evstifeev, said, the preliminary cause of a major accident in which people died was the departure of the minibus to the oncoming lane.

The driver tried to overtake the car, but did not have time to do it and crashed into a timber carrier, which drove a little less than 40 cubes of wood. The blow was so strong that the "Mercedes" was thrown out of the way.

In such weather conditions, the driver made an unauthorized decision - went to overtaking, - said the official.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the Volyn region in the Kovel area on the night of Thursday, November 16, a car collided with a timber carrier. As a result of the accident, two passengers of a car were killed at the scene of the accident.

The driver and another passenger of the same vehicle were taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, according to the press service of the National Police in the region, one of the victims in the traffic accident was the head of the Shatsk United Territorial Community Sergei Vinnichuk.