Three children and two adults were injured in an accident in the Arkhangelsk region.

Three children and two adults were injured in an accident in the afternoon in the Kotlassky district of the Arkhangelsk region. This was announced on July 12 by the State Traffic Inspectorate for the region.

"On the 415th km of the federal highway Chekshino - Totma – Kotlas – Kuratovo, five people were injured in a car collision, three of them children," the Telegram channel said.

According to preliminary information, the driver of a Skoda passenger car collided with the driver of a Volkswagen car while overtaking.

The ministry noted that the victims were hospitalized. All the circumstances of the incident are currently being established.

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Earlier, on July 2, a Gazelle and a Lada Granta collided in the Engels district of the Saratov region. A child was killed, two children and an adult were injured.