At least 16 killed in bus-fuel truck collision in Ukraine

Xinhua News Agency

KIEV – At least 16 people were killed and six others were injured on Tuesday, May 3, in a collision between a passenger bus and a fuel truck in Ukraine’s western Rivne region, the National Police of Ukraine said.

The two vehicles collided at about 7:20 p.m. local time on the Kiev-Chop highway near the village of Sytne and caught fire, the police said on social media.

Traffic on the Kiev-Chop highway in this section was completely closed following the accident, and a team of investigators was working on the site, the police said. (Xinhua) – bny 

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