“At 03:30 Moscow time, on the 10th kilometer of the Novyy-De-Friz-Sedanka-Patrokl highway, three accidents occurred in the same direction involving 18 cars,” RIA Novosti reports from a representative of the region’s emergency services.

It is noted that the movement of vehicles was carried out on a bypass road.

32 people and 12 pieces of equipment were involved in the aftermath of the accident.

Earlier it was reported that in the Primorsky Territory as a result of an accident five people were injured, including three children.