Two people were killed in a road accident in the Stavropol Territory

In the Stavropol region on the highway "Astrakhan - Elista - Stavropol" two cars collided, as a result of which two people died, and the guilty person fled in an unknown direction. About it on December 23 reported in the press service of the State traffic police of the Stavropol region.

"On December 23 at about 17 hours on the 516th km of the highway "Astrakhan - Elista - Stavropol", near the village of Konstantinovsky Petrovsky district, there was an oncoming collision of two passenger cars", - noted in the Telegram-channel.

As a result of the accident killed the driver and passenger of the Lada Priora - 62-year-old man and 60-year-old woman.

Police are looking for the driver of the foreign car who fled the scene of the accident. The circumstances of the accident are being established.

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On the same day in the Republic of Bashkortostan seven people were injured in an accident involving a school bus and a gasoline tanker. It is specified that the accident occurred in Baltachevsky district near the village of Tashly-Yelga. According to Izvestiya source, the gasoline truck was empty at the time of the accident.