"According to preliminary data, the driver born in 1972, driving a Volkswagen Tiguan, lost control and collided with a MAN car ..." - RIA Novosti reported.

As a result of the road accident, the vehicles caught fire and the Volkswagen car drove into the ditch.

As noted, the driver and passenger of the car died on the spot.

The truck driver was not injured.

Currently, the traffic police are investigating all the circumstances of the incident.

Earlier it was reported that as a result of a collision of a minibus with a truck on the M2 "Crimea" highway in the Tula region, one person died and eight were injured.