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Eight people, including five Russians, killed in two road accidents in UKraine

According to traffic police, a VAZ car driven by a 34-year-old Russian went off road and hit a tree in the Dnepropetrovsk region
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KIEV, June 12 (Itar-Tass) —— Eight people died, including five Russian citizens, in two road accidents in Ukraine, local traffic police reported on Tuesday.

According to traffic police, a VAZ car driven by a 34-year-old Russian went off road and hit a tree in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The driver, and three passengers, including a four-month child died instantly. One more passenger died on the way to hospital. The woman and her baby were Ukrainian citizens, residents of the city of Odessa, the rest of the passengers were Russians.

The other accident took place in the highway linking Yevpatoria and Simferopol in Crimea. A Hyundai car rammed an Audi. Three persons, including two Russians - a woman and a nine-year-old boy were killed. One more woman and the driver, a Russian national, were hospitalized.