The key facts

  • In Luhansk, a minibus taxi overturned after colliding with a passenger car
  • Nine people were injured, including three minors
  • One man is in serious condition, the rest in moderate and mild condition

What happened

In Luhansk, at the intersection of Volgogradskaya and Mayakovskaya streets, a passenger car collided with a minibus taxi, after which the minibus overturned. This was reported by the press service of the LNR government on the social network VKontakte. According to the agency, three ambulance crews were dispatched to the accident scene.

Condition of the injured

Nine people were injured, including three minors. LNR Health Minister Natalia Pashchenko said that one adult man is in serious condition, while the others are in moderate and mild condition. According to her, all necessary resources are being used to stabilize the patients' condition, and medical staff are monitoring the condition of each injured person.

Context

Gazeta.Ru also recalls two other recent accidents: in Pyatigorsk, a foreign-made car was thrown onto pedestrians at the moment of collision, as a result of which an 18-year-old victim was hospitalized, while a second pedestrian received assistance at the scene; in Arkhangelsk Region, an ambulance carrying a patient overturned. These incidents occurred separately from the accident in Luhansk and are not connected to it.