One person was killed and two injured due to an accident in the Trans-Baikal Territory.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, one person was killed and two were injured in an accident on the Baikal highway. This was announced on August 20 by the press service of the State Traffic Inspectorate for the region in the Telegram channel.

"On the federal highway R-258 Baikal, 1051 km (Chita region), two Isuzu Elf and Toyota vehicles collided. As a result of the accident, a passenger in a Toyota car was killed, and two participants were taken to a medical facility," the ministry said.

It is noted that police officers are working at the scene.

The details and circumstances of the accident are being investigated.

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Transporting the injured to the hospital does not release them from responsibility for leaving the scene of the accident.

Earlier that day, on the 2018th km of the Kolyma federal highway in the Magadan region, a passenger car crashed into a light pole, resulting in an accident that killed one person and injured three. It is noted that an inspection has begun on the fact of the accident. At the moment, all the circumstances of the incident are being established.

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