Law enforcement officers clarified information about a large-scale accident that happened today in Kiev.

At night, the Kiev police received a message about a traffic accident with victims on the Zhytomyr highway in the Svyatoshinsky district of the capital. The crews of the patrol police, the investigative-operational group of the headquarters for the investigation of the accident, the ambulance and rescuers immediately arrived at the scene..

According to preliminary information, the driver of the truck " As a result of the collision, the vehicles caught fire. The driver and passenger of the car were killed on the spot, and the driver of the truck was hospitalized by doctors with injuries of varying severity, including numerous burns..

In addition, on the roadway, law enforcement officers found the body of a man with no signs of life, who allegedly crossed the road in an unidentified place.. The police establish the identity of the deceased.

The Investigative Directorate of Kiev Police Started Criminal Proceedings. Pre-trial investigation continues.

According to the State Department of Emergency Situations of Kiev, upon arrival at the scene, during the reconnaissance, the rescuers found that as a result of the collision of a DAF truck and a Volkswagen Passat passenger car, both cars, as well as the cargo carried by the truck, caught fire..

Fire on an area of \u200b\u200b70 m. kv was localized at 02:15, and liquidated at 3:00.

" He was taken to the intensive care unit of the Kiev City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medical Aid, "

With the help of a gas cutter and a hydraulic tool, rescuers took out 2 mutilated bodies from Volkswagen, with no signs of life. A pedestrian (previously born in 1971) who crossed the road died on the spot.

For the liquidation, 5 units of the main and special equipment of the State Service for Emergency Situations and 22 personnel were involved.