One child was killed and one injured in an accident in the Novosibirsk region.

On July 12, two children were hit by a car in the Kargatsky district of the Novosibirsk region. This was announced on July 13 by the regional prosecutor's office in its Telegram channel.

"It has been established that <...> the 51-year-old Lada Granta driver" <...> ran over 2 underage girls," the report said.

As a result of the incident, one child died, while the second girl was hospitalized with multiple injuries and a closed craniocerebral injury.

A criminal case was opened into the accident under Part 3 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the rules of the road and operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of a person by negligence").

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Earlier, on July 12, three children and two adults were injured in an accident in the Arkhangelsk region. According to preliminary information, the driver of a Skoda passenger car collided with the driver of a Volkswagen car while overtaking.