11 Jul 2014 15:13

Two killed, two injured in mine explosion in Luhansk region

KYIV. July 11 (Interfax) - A two-wheel tractor hit a mine on a road near the city of Sverdlovsk, Luhansk region, leaving two people dead and two others injured as a result, Luhansk regional police spokesman Tatyana Pogukai said.

"A tractor hit a mine on the road near the Odesskaya coal mine at 12.30 p.m. on July 10. Two people have been killed and two injured," she wrote on Facebook on Friday.

Investigators could not travel to the scene because of the hostilities in the area, Pogukai wrote.