On the fact of the death of five people in an accident in the Voronezh region criminal case

This is stated in the text of the statement published on the website of the department.

"A criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 5 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code of Russia "Violation of the rules of traffic and the operation of vehicles on the fact of a traffic accident that occurred on the eve of Novousmansky district," the text says.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs also clarified that at present the employees of the competent authorities continue to establish the causes and circumstances of what happened.

Earlier it became known that as a result of a head-on collision between Volkswagen and Audi on the 23rd kilometer of the Novovoronezh-Voronezh road, five people were killed.

Also, the "360" TV channel reported that the case of the death of two people in an accident in the Saratov region was transferred to the Central Office of the Russian Federation.