Female motorist killed in head-on road accident in Irkutsk region

In the Bratsk district of the Irkutsk region, a girl died as a result of a head-on collision of passenger cars. The regional State Traffic Inspectorate reports about it in its Telegram-channel.

The accident occurred the night before, February 20, at the 62nd km of the regional road Bratsk - Ust-Ilimsk. It is preliminarily established that the 32-year-old driver of a pickup truck Toyota Hilux went on the oncoming road and crashed into an Opel Vectra.

Behind the wheel of Opel was a 26-year-old girl, writes IA IrkutskMedia. She received various injuries, from which she died on the spot before the arrival of emergency medical assistance.

"The driver of the pickup truck was examined for intoxication. The results of the procedure showed that the man was sober", - stated in the message of the traffic police.

On the fact of what happened, a check is organized. All the circumstances of the fatal accident are being established.

A total of 190 traffic accidents were recorded on Russian roads last day , in which 10 people were killed and 241 injured. As "Izvestia" was informed in the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, eight dead were drivers and passengers, two - pedestrians.