“Police investigators have opened a criminal case on the fact of a traffic accident in the Kansk region, where today four people were killed, three more were seriously injured,” the ministry said in a statement.

It is clarified that the case was initiated under the article "Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more persons."

Currently, a number of expert examinations have been assigned as part of the investigation.

According to TASS, on August 9, two passenger cars collided on the federal highway R-255 "Siberia". The drivers of both cars and two passengers were killed on the spot.

At the end of June, URA.RU reported an accident on the Tyumen-Khanty-Mansiysk federal highway, which resulted in the death of a family of three.