Three men died in an accident with a truck in the Orenburg region.

A truck and a car collided in the Orenburg region, killing three people. This was announced on May 24 by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the region.

"At night, on 182 km of the A-300 Samara — Bolshaya Chernihiv highway — the border with the Republic of Kazakhstan, the driver of a passenger car hit a truck standing on the side of the road," the message says.

The ministry noted that three men who were in a passenger car died due to an accident. In addition, two passengers of the car were injured and hospitalized.

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The relationship with the victim was recognized as a mitigating circumstance.

Earlier in the day, a source from Izvestia reported that two people were killed and two others injured in a three-car accident in northwestern Moscow. It was noted that a traffic jam had formed as a result of the incident.