Two car smashes in central Kazakhstan leave 11 dead
17:37, 21 July 2009
ASTANA. July 21. KAZINFORM Eleven people have died following two fatal road traffic accidents in central Kazakhstan, the local emergencies ministry said in a press release on Tuesday; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
Six people died when a car burst into flames after colliding with another vehicle on Monday in Kazakhstan's Akmola Region, the statement read.
"As a result of the road traffic accident a Mazda driver and his four passengers died at the scene. The driver of the other car died in hospital," the emergencies ministry said.
And also on Monday in the Akmola Region five people - a driver and his four passengers - died in another two-car pile up, the press release said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
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