This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the local prosecutor's office.

"The driver of the Ulyanovsk MBU" Dorremstroy "was arrested for driving a truck in a state of intoxication, which resulted in the death of three people, including a child," the statement said.

The arrested person was charged under paragraph "a" of part 6 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of traffic rules by a person driving a car while intoxicated, which inadvertently resulted in the death of several persons). 

According to the agency, the accident happened on July 21.

As a result of a collision of a truck with a Kia Rio, a family from Togliatti, Samara region - a man, a woman and a child died.

Earlier, FAN reported that an accident had occurred in the Shushensky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. As a result of the road accident, three people were killed.