Three people, including nine years old child, died as a result of a traffic accident in the Crimea, the press service of the republican GU MVD. The incident involving five cars and a motorcycle occurred on Sunday evening at 634 km of the Simferopol-Kharkov highway near the village of Novoandreevka, RIA Novosti reports..

"As a result of the accident three people, including a nine-year-old girl died. Three victims were taken to the 6th city hospital of Simferopol, "the ministry said.. Earlier it was reported that all the victims were hospitalized. However, their number was not specified. Emergency response teams worked at the scene. In total, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 24 persons and 9 units of equipment were involved in the liquidation of the consequences of the incident.