“14 people, including three children, were hospitalized. Doctors consider the condition of one of the injured adults to be serious, while the rest are in a moderately serious condition,” Kuznetsov said (as quoted by TASS).
The Ministry of Health representative also clarified that two victims received medical care on an outpatient basis.
Recall that the accident occurred at the 950th kilometer of the Caucasus Highway near the village of Belidzhi. According to the regional Interior Ministry, a LADA Priora passenger car drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a GAZelle passenger. As a result, the five-year-old boy was seriously injured and died in hospital. Another 17 people were injured. All of them are hospitalized. Among them are two teenagers aged 15-16.