MOSCOW, April 20 (Itar-Tass) - Two persons died and eight more were injured in a road accident in the Bryansk region in the small hours on Saturday, a spokesman for the Russian interior ministry told Itar-Tass.

According to the spokesman, the accident took place at about 06:00 a.m. Moscow time at the 361st kilometer of the Ukraine federal highway. According to preliminary information, an Opel car with two Tajik nationals inside ran onto the oncoming lane to ram a minibus.

“The Opel driver and passenger died instantly, the minibus driver and seven passengers were hospitalized,” the spokesman said.

An investigation is underway.