It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the UGIBDD of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“At the 437th kilometer of the Kavkaz federal highway in the Baksansky district, a 36-year-old local resident, driving a VAZ-2114, according to preliminary data, lost control, left the roadway and hit a roadside street lighting pole.

After that, the car caught fire, ”the department noted.

It is specified that as a result, the driver and his two passengers, among whom was a child, were injured and were taken to a medical facility for medical examination.

Earlier it became known that nine people, including six children, were injured in an accident in the Prokhladnensky district of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Later, the number of victims increased to ten.