On the morning of Christmas Eve, December 24, six people died in a traffic accident near Brzeg (Poland).; five (including a minor 17 years old) were citizens of Ukraine. The forensic examination of the bodies will take place on December 30, and full official identification will not be possible until mid-January.

This was stated by the representative of the District Prosecutor's Office in the city of Opole Stanislav Bar. He clarified the timing in a comment to Ukrinform..

“A forensic examination of six road accident victims will be carried out on Tuesday.. The results will appear no earlier than in two weeks,” Bar informed. He noted that specialists will also conduct genetic and comparative studies.

A representative of the Polish prosecutor's office said: information that the five dead were probably Ukrainians was obtained based on a search for the owner of a Volkswagen Passat. This car crashed head-on into a Ford Kuga (the latter was driven by a Pole).

Law enforcement officers learned that a car registered to a Ukrainian was sold to another citizen of Ukraine. It was subsequently determined that the owner of the car was likely a relative of one of the victims of the car accident..

The vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of national roads 39 and 94 in Zieleczyce, near Brzeg, at about 06:30 in the morning before Christmas.

There was one passenger in the Ford Kuga, and five in the Volkswagen Passat. Everyone died at the scene.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in a media commentary: according to preliminary data, citizens of our country born in 1995, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008 died (that is, one person was not an adult).

Preliminary results of the investigation show that four men and a woman were traveling in the Volkswagen.. They were probably returning from work at a factory in the region, Gazeta Wyborcza reports..

Polish police previously confirmed the identity of the Ford driver as a 59-year-old local resident, a citizen of the Republic of Poland.

Ukrainian consuls are in contact with relatives of deceased citizens and in constant communication with local competent authorities. The case is under the control of the institution.