Three people were injured in a car collision with a tree in Sovetsk

In the city of Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region, three people were injured in a car collision with a tree. This was announced on July 12 by the press service of the State Traffic Inspectorate for the region in the Telegram channel.

"At 18:50 (19:50 Moscow time) in Sovetsk on Mayakovsky Street, a driver born in 1993, driving a Volkswagen car, drove off the road in a straight section and hit an obstacle (a roadside tree)," the department said.

It is specified that as a result of the incident, the driver of the car and two minor passengers born in 2017 and 2022 were injured. They were taken to a medical facility for treatment.

Traffic police officers are working at the scene. The circumstances of the accident are being investigated, and an inspection is also underway.

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