"As a result of the accident, five people died, two were injured," TASS quoted Kulikova as saying.
According to preliminary data, among the dead is a child aged 6-7 years.
The collision of three cars occurred on the P-298 highway in the Paninsky district.
Earlier, in a collision of two cars in the Novousmanskiy district of the Voronezh region, seven people were injured, including two children aged one and five years.