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8 killed in minibus-truck collision in Ukraine

Xinhua, March 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least eight people were killed and five others injured after a truck collided head-on with a minibus in Ukraine's central Poltava region, authorities said Monday.

The accident occurred at 5:25 p.m. local time (1525 GMT) Sunday when the passenger bus, en route from the eastern city of Lugansk to Kiev, collided with the truck, said the State Service for Emergencies.

Drivers of both vehicles were killed on the spot, while three other people died later in hospital. Five people, including a two-year-old and a 14-year-old, remained in hospital, but were in stable condition as of Monday.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way. Endi