Four people were killed and three injured in a massive road accident near Ryazan.

On the 317th km of the M-5 Ural highway in the Putyatinsky district of the Ryazan region, a massive road accident occurred, as a result of which four people were killed and three injured. This was reported on March 15 in the press service of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the region.

Previously, there was a collision of four cars — Hyundai Sonata, Kia Sorento, Lada Granta and VAZ-2112.

"As a result of the fatal accident, four people were killed and three people were injured in various degrees of severity," the Telegram channel says.

It is specified that two passengers and the driver of the Hyundai Sonata, as well as the passenger of the Kia Sorento, were killed.

According to the agency, Sergey Moskvin, deputy head of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Ryazan region, went to the scene of the incident. The circumstances of the accident are currently being determined.

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