It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the regional branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
It is specified that the accident involving two trucks occurred at 17:40 Moscow time on the 625th kilometer of the R-255 federal highway.
“One of the cars was carrying 200 liter barrels of gasoline.
There was a fire in a car carrying barrels... As a result of an accident, three people were injured, two of them died, ”the statement says.
According to the GUMVD of the region, the Volvo driver drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a KamAZ.
Earlier it became known that as a result of an accident on Zubovsky Boulevard in the center of Moscow, two people were killed and six more were injured.