"As a result of the accident, three eight-year-old children were killed - a girl and two boys, a driver and another child were hospitalized in a serious condition in a medical institution," TASS reports.
According to preliminary data, the vehicle was driven by a school teacher from the village of Lugovoye, who was taking the students home to the village of Naumovo.
On the fact of the incident, a case was initiated under Part 5 of Art.
264 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation by a person driving a car of the rules of the road, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence).
Earlier it was reported that in the collision of a snowplow train and a car in the Altai Territory, three children were killed, two more people were injured.