“Today, at about 19:00 (15:00 Moscow time), at the intersection of Taezhnaya and Pionerskaya streets, Kaa-Khem settlement, there was a collision of two cars, one of which was a Gazel route vehicle.

According to preliminary data, the collision occurred as a result of violation of traffic rules by the driver of a car, ”TASS reports.

It is noted that "as a result of the accident, seven victims were taken to the republican hospital, four of whom were in the minibus."

“The other three road users, including two children, were in a car,” the press service added.

All the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.

Earlier it was reported that in the Georgievsky district of Stavropol, three people were killed in a collision of a car with a truck.