“As a result of the accident, the driver of the Renault Duster car and two passengers, including a minor, died of this vehicle,” TASS reports from the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to preliminary police information, the accident occurred at about 4:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. Moscow time) on the 172nd kilometer of the Saransk-Surskoye-Ulyanovsk highway.

In January, it was reported that 13 people were injured in an accident with a bus in the Ulyanovsk region.