MOSCOW, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - Four persons dies and five more were injured in a traffic accident involving a minibus in the Tver region, a spokesman for the local emergencies department told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

According to the spokesman, the accident took place in the M-10 highway linking Moscow and St. Petersburg near the settlement of Mednoye. The accident involved a passenger minibus, a motorcycle and a truck.

It is planned to evacuate those injured by a Ka-32 helicopter.

An investigation is underway.