Two people were killed and three injured in a road accident in the south-east of Moscow

Two people were killed and three others suffered as a result of a traffic accident in the south-east of Moscow. This was reported in the State Traffic Inspectorate of the capital on January 18.

"According to preliminary data, on the South-Eastern chord in the area of house 25 on Novokhokhlovskaya street the driver of the car failed to cope with management and made a collision with a mast of city lighting with subsequent fire. Two passengers of the car died of their injuries on the spot," - stated in the message in the Telegram-channel of the department.

The driver and two other passengers received injuries of varying degrees of severity. Law enforcers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.

Earlier in the day in the Tula region on the 61st km of the highway Tula - Belev ten people suffered in an accident with a route bus. It is reported that from the scene of the accident hospitalized six people, four more were treated on the spot.