At least 26 people were killed and 12 injured in a car accident in the west Ukraine in which a bus, a car and a tanker were involved, Ukrainian police announced today.
«A total of 26 people were killed – 24 passengers and two drivers – and another 12 were injured, including the driver of the tanker.“, Announced the police in the Telegram messaging application, posting a photo showing bodies of people along a road.
In the accident, which occurred in the periphery Throwinvolved a bus «heading for Poland“, in which “there were 34 passengers and one driver“, Clarified the same source, without mentioning whether the passengers left the country to escape the fighting between the Ukrainian and Russian armies, which are concentrated in the east of the country.
Accident near #Rivne en #Ukraine 🇺🇦
The car, a minibus, a bus and a truck and cranes are in collision.
Balance: 26 people were dead, 12 were blessed. pic.twitter.com/hwdG2lAdKM
– Informations Europe-Ukraine 🇫🇷🇺🇦 (@CentreUkraine) May 4, 2022
Police, rescuers and medical examiners “complete the inspection of the situation“, Added the police.
According to the same source, three bodies have not yet been identified.
Last night the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky referred to his daily communication with the Ukrainians in “a horrible car accident“, in which a bus, a car and a tanker were involved and he spoke about 18 dead, while he sent his condolences to the relatives of the victims.
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