"The criminal case was initiated after the death of five people in an accident. Last night Toyota RAV4 and VAZ-2103 collided. The driver and four passengers of the domestic car died on the spot. They are all natives of Uzbekistan, "the ministry said.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region, the accident occurred at about 20:30 Moscow time on the Lipetsk-Chaplygin road near the village of Bogoroditskoye, Dobrovsky district.

In August, URA.RU reported that four children were injured in the accident near Chelyabinsk.