This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“According to preliminary data, as a result of the collision of a regular minibus and a truck, which drove into the oncoming lane, one person died and six were injured.

There is one child among the victims, ”the police said.

It is specified that the accident occurred in the Shchyokinsky region at the 223rd km of the M-2 "Crimea" highway near the village of Karamyshevo.

The deceased is the minibus driver.

Earlier it was reported that seven people were injured in a collision of two cars and a bus in the Slavyansky district of the Krasnodar Territory.