“A criminal case has been initiated on the fact of a traffic accident in the Balaklava district of the city of Sevastopol, as a result of which five people died, including a minor (part 5 of article 264 of the Criminal Code of Russia),” Kryminform quotes the words of the senior assistant to the head of the main investigation department departments for the Crimea and Sevastopol Olga Postnova.

According to investigators, the truck driver lost control and collided with Daewoo Nexia and Mercedes Sprinter cars, after which he drove into the oncoming lane and hit three more cars.

Earlier it became known that as a result of an accident with a truck near Sevastopol, five people died, including two minors.