According to the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs, the tragedy occurred in the Atyuryevsky district. At 7:38 p.m., a Kia Carnival and a Volkswagen Passat collided on the highway.
At the same time, the Volkswagen Passat caught fire. The driver and two passengers, including a child born in 2021, died at the scene.
The driver and three children who were traveling in the Kia Carnival were taken to the hospital with injuries. One of them, a 14-year-old teenager, died shortly after in a medical institution.
The Traffic Police and the emergency services are at the scene of the accident.
