The number of victims of traffic accidents in the Leningrad region increased to five

A major car accident followed by a fire occurred near Vyborg (Leningrad region). The accident killed at least five people, including an eight-year-old child.

According to media reports, a fatal accident occurred in the village of Popovo. Swedish and German foreign cars Saab and Mercedes collided head-on on the road. After the collision, the “German” burst into flames, the prosecutor’s office reported.

As a result of an accident in a Swedish passenger car, two adults and a child were killed, another minor was hospitalized. One person died from the Mercedes salon, two needed hospitalization.

Later it became known about the death of another victim. A total of eight people were injured in the frontal accident.