As a result of the accident, one person died on the spot. Another five people were taken to the hospital with injuries of varying severity.

According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the region, the traffic accident occurred on the highway Kiev-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky near the village Grakovo Chuguevsky district.

Already in place the police found that the 45-year-old driver of the car "Chevrolet Aveo" failed to manage and drove to the oncoming lane. Here his car crashed into the car "Skoda Octavia".

From a strong blow 83-year-old passenger "Chevrolet" died on the spot. Also injured were both drivers of vehicles and three passengers of "Skoda". All the victims were taken to the Kharkov City Emergency and Emergency Medical Clinic. The state of health of all hospitalized is satisfactory.

On this fact the investigation opened a criminal case under the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine Violation of the rules of road safety or the operation of vehicles by persons driving vehicles. The sanction of this article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, Tuesday late in the evening, on January 2, in Lviv, immediately encountered three cars. As a result of the accident three people were injured. As the press service of the State Emergency Service in the region, the traffic accident occurred about seven o'clock in the evening on Gorodetskaya Street.