3 Kyrgyz citizens dead and 13 traumatized after accident in Karaganda rgn

15:59, 23 August 2013

KARAGANDA. August 23. KAZINFORM In Karaganda region on road called "Karaganda-Balkhash" a car "Mercedes-Benz Sprinter" has collided with KamAZ truck, and as a result of the crash were killed three Kyrgyz citizens and 13 were injured, the press service of the regional Department of Internal Affairs reports.

According to the police, the accident occurred at around 06:30 a.m. on August 23 on highway "Karaganda-Balkhash" at 5 km from the village Akshatau, Shet district of Karaganda region.

"A 32-year-old driver of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, a resident of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, without respecting the distance, collided with the car in front of it - a KamAZ truck, at the wheel of which there was a 41-year-old resident of Shu in Zhambyl region. As a result of the crash three passengers of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter died from injuries on the spot: a 47-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and a 6-month-old baby, all are from Kyrgyzstan ", says the press service of the Internal Affairs of the Karaganda region.

In addition, to the hospital were hospitalized with various injuries the driver of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and 13 of his sitters, also being the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic.

KamAZ driver was given medical care without hospitalization.

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