“The accident occurred on the 371st km of the Sortavala highway. Two cars collided with a timber truck, three people were killed, ”the press service of the Interfax agency quotes.

Previously, three people were killed in a collision of a tanker truck and a car in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area.

The first deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on state building and legislation, Vyacheslav Lysakov, in an interview with the FAN, called for increased work on the formation of law-abiding behavior among drivers to reduce the number of accidents.

In particular, he suggested using more social advertising on federal television channels to promote "driving by the rules."