The incident happened around 03:00 (01:00 Moscow time) at the intersection.
A minor driver of a Hyundai Accent drove through a red traffic light and collided with an ambulance.
“As a result of a strong blow, the passenger of the gazelle, a female paramedic, as well as the driver and three passengers of the Hyundai, died from their injuries,” RIA Novosti quoted Gorelykh as saying.
Two more people, including a foreign car passenger and an ambulance driver, were hospitalized.
Earlier, Fox News reported about an accident in the city of Berwick (Pennsylvania) - a car drove into a crowd next to a bar.
As a result, one person died, another 15 received various injuries.