Car Accident Leaves 8 People Dead in Russia’s Voronezh Region (PHOTO)

02:24 GMT, 16 June 2019

VORONEZH, Russia (Sputnik) – Eight people have been killed and one more injured in a serious car accident, involving a minibus, in Russia's Voronezh Region, a regional department of the Russian Interior Ministry said.

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The accident occurred at 8:26 p.m. local time (17:26 GMT) on Saturday on the Voronezh-Lugansk highway, with the minibus having collided with a Ford Focus.

“The death toll reached eight people", the department’s spokeswoman, Natalia Kulikova said.

According to earlier remarks by the department, the accident also injured a 10-year-old girl.

Further details of the incident remain unknown.