12 Aug 2013 21:04

Five believed dead after truck-car collision in Dagestan

MAKHACHKALA, Russia. Aug 12 (Interfax) - Five people, including two children, are believed to have been killed in an accident in Russia's Dagestan republic on Monday in which a heavy truck collided with a car, Russia's Interior Ministry said.

The accident, in which a massive Kamaz truck collided with a Zhiguli car, occurred in the countryside near the village of Gurbuki, Karabudakhkent district, the ministry's Dagestani branch told Interfax.

This was the second accident of this kind in Russia on Monday evening - another five people were killed as a Kamaz tanker collided with a car in Stavropol territory.