Six people died in an accident involving two buses in the Belgorod region.

Six people died after a collision between two buses in the Belgorod region, four more were hospitalized. This was announced on March 6 by the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region.

It is specified that in the area of the village of Velikomikhailovka in the Novooskolsky municipal district of the Belgorod region, two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Hyundai buses collided.

As a result of the accident, six passengers of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter were killed and four more were hospitalized. There is no information about the victims on the Hyundai bus.

"Currently, employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate and emergency services are working at the scene. The circumstances and causes of the accident are being established," the press service informed on the VKontakte social network.

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