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Head-on car collision kills five in northern Ukraine

Xinhua, April 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least five people were killed and two others were injured in a road accident in the Zhytomyr region of northern Ukraine, the police said Tuesday.

Two passenger cars collided head-on at 4:15 p.m. local time (1315 GMT) Monday on a road connecting the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and the western city of Kovel, the police said in a statement.

Five people, including the two drivers, died on the spot, while two in severe conditions were transferred to a local hospital.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

Official statistics said 555 people were killed and 6,280 others were injured in more than 37,800 traffic accidents on Ukraine's roads in the first three months of 2017. Endi