In the Rivne region between the villages of Old and Granite there was a large-scale accident involving a timber truck and two cars..

This was reported in the press service of the Main Directorate of State Emergencies Service of Ukraine in Rivne region.

"On November 1, at 17:49, information was received about a traffic accident on the 279 km of the Kyiv-Kovel-Yagodin highway, Rokitnovsky district," the report reads..

According to preliminary police data, the 24-year-old driver of the BMW-520 lost control and drove into the ZIL-131, which was moving in the same direction.. As a result of a collision, a foreign car caught fire..

Meanwhile, the truck became out of control from the impact and was thrown back into the oncoming lane, where he collided head-on with a Chevrolet Nubira car running a 36-year-old resident of the Zaporozhye region.

"Witnesses of the incident managed to get out of the burning BMW driver, but despite the resuscitation measures taken by the doctors, he died of his injuries in an ambulance. The passenger, the 20-year-old brother of the driver, got burns incompatible with life and died in the vehicle ", - added law enforcement officers.

As noted, the Chevrolet driver was taken to a local hospital..

He was diagnosed with a closed head injury, brain concussion, rib fracture, hemopneumothorax, forearm bone fracture with displacement, left shoulder blade fracture, cut-torn wounds to the face and shoulder.. Now there is no threat to his life.

In turn, the driver of the truck during the accident was not injured, according to doctors, he was sober.

Criminal proceedings on violation of traffic safety rules were opened, which resulted in the death of two people, the investigation continues.