Near Kaluga, an eight-year-old child died in a collision between a BMW, a KamAZ and a Chery

On November 8, on the A-108 highway in the Borovsky District of Kaluga Region, a BMW crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a KamAZ, which overturned onto a Chery. An eight-year-old passenger of the Chery was killed; the BMW driver and two children were injured. Police are establishing the circumstances of the accident.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 8 November 2026 at 23:072 min read

The key facts

On November 8, on the 404th kilometer of the A-108 highway, a BMW, a KamAZ and a Chery collided; a child born in 2018 was killed
The BMW driver and children born in 2020 and 2021 were also injured
The reasons for the BMW crossing into the oncoming lane are being established

Three cars, one dead and three injured

In Kaluga Region, a fatal traffic accident involving three cars occurred on November 8. On the 404th kilometer of the A-108 reported the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD 40).

How the crash unfolded

According to preliminary police data, the BMW driver crossed into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a KamAZ truck. The impact caused the heavy truck to overturn onto a Chery car, and a child born in 2018 who was in the passenger car suffered fatal injuries. In addition, the BMW driver and two underage passengers of that car were injured — children born in 2020 and 2021; details about the nature of their injuries and their condition have not yet been clarified.

What is known and what is still being established

An investigative-operational group and the State Traffic Inspectorate are working at the scene. Law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the collision, including the reasons why the BMW crossed into the oncoming lane — this version is still preliminary and has not been officially confirmed by the results of the investigation.

A crash in the Urals the same day

Another fatal traffic accident involving trucks also occurred on November 8: as reported by Life.ru, in the morning, on the 236th kilometer of the Yekaterinburg — Tyumen highway in Sverdlovsk Region, three trucks collided. According to preliminary data, the driver of a FAW tractor unit failed to keep a safe distance and crashed into two dump trucks, one of which was towing the other. The driver and passenger of the tractor unit died at the scene, and another participant in the accident was hospitalized. This is a separate incident, unrelated to the crash near Kaluga.