In the Stryi district of Lviv region on the "Kiev-Chop" highway on Monday morning a minibus and a road train collided, as a result of which the minivan driver and eight of his passengers were injured and hospitalized, the police communication department of the Lviv region reports..

Police reported the accident in 8. 30 am on 1 January. "As law enforcers have previously established, the driver of the Volkswagen Transporter, a 28-year-old resident of the city of Borislav, left for the oncoming traffic, where he collided with a road train operated by a 23-year-old resident of the Transcarpathian region," reads the statement..

The driver of the minibus and eight of his passengers are taken to the hospital, they are examined by doctors.