A driver was killed in an accident on the M10 highway in the Leningrad region.

A check is underway on the fact of a fatal accident that occurred on the M10 highway in the Tosnensky district. This was reported on November 9 in the Telegram channel of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

"On November 8 at 20:10 [Moscow time] on 664 km of the M10 highway in the Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region, a 56-year—old driver, driving a Hyundai Solaris car, lost control," the publication says.

It is specified that the vehicle drove into a ditch, after which it ran over a lighting pole. As a result of the incident, the driver died on the spot.

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