KHANTY-MANSIISK, February 3 (RIA Novosti) - Five
people were killed and six injured when two cars collided
head-on in West Siberia's Khanty-Mansi Autnomous Area, an
emergencies ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
He said the accident involving a Lada and a UAZ-31622
off-road vehicle occurred late Monday, adding that special
cutting equipment was used to free the injured.
Russia has a poor road safety record with more than 25,000
people killed in road accidents annually.
In a separate accident, three people died and three more
were injured in a two-car pile up in the Chelyabinsk Region in
the Urals.
A local emergencies ministry spokesman said the driver of
a Nissan car lost control on a slippery road and collided
head-on with a Lada car.
The two drivers and a Nissan passenger died instantly.
Three people, including a six-year-old girl were rushed to
hospital with various injuries.
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