MAKHACHKALA, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Dagestan's Deputy Minister of Industry and Transport Kurban Sheikhmagomedov was killed in a car crash, police told Itar-Tass.
"The road accident occurred in the republic’s Babayurt district on Wednesday afternoon. The driver was slightly injured; the official died on the way to hospital," police said.
Some reports said Sheikhmagomedov was headed for the Kizlyar district for a conference. Road police are ascertaining the circumstances of the road accident.
Dagestan's deputy minister of industry killed in car crash
The road accident occurred in the republic’s Babayurt district on Wednesday afternoon
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