As a result of a collision between a regular bus, a passenger car and a fuel truck, which occurred the day before in the Rivne region, 26 people died, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.. In addition, 12 people were injured in the accident..

“In total, 26 people died in an accident: 24 passengers and two drivers (of a minibus and a bus). 12 people were injured: 11 bus passengers and a fuel truck driver. All passengers aged 17 to 69. The youngest was supposed to turn 18 on May 12, ”the message says..

All participants in the accident are residents of Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Khmelnytsky regions.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the driver of the Mercedes-Benz Vito, which caused the accident, overtook another vehicle and drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a fuel truck. The identity of the deceased driver of the minibus has not yet been established..

“At the time of the accident, there were 34 passengers and one driver in the cabin of the Setra bus, which was heading to Poland.. It turned out that another passenger had to land in g. Brody, and the second driver is in Lviv,"

On the fact of violation of traffic safety rules, which led to the death of several people, law enforcement officers opened a case under part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

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Recall that the accident occurred on May 3 near the village of Sytnoye, Dubensky district.. The vehicles caught fire after the collision.. Then, due to the accident, traffic on the Kyiv-Chop highway in the section where it happened was completely blocked..