“At 9:00 p.m. [14:00 GMT], on February 21, a driver of the Opel Astra car, born in 1993, moved on the R-254 Irtysh highway from the Barabinsky District toward Novosibirsk and crossed into the oncoming lane at the 1,205th kilometer [of the highway], colliding with a DAF truck,” the department said in a statement.
The accident occurred in the Ubinsky District on late Friday.
The driver of Opel Astra, as well as three passengers of the car, including two children, died as a result of the accident.
Police have launched a probe into the accident.