Publish Date: 7 December 2022 - 20:00

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – A truck and a minibus collided in the Shakhter district of the Donetsk People's Republic, killing 16 people and injuring three others, the emergency services told Russian sources on Wednesday.

"On the road Shakhtersk - Torez there was a collision of a truck carrying soldiers with a minibus," the source said.

Sixteen people were killed, and three were injured and hospitalized, according to TASS.

The source specified that the truck driver was among those dead. Operational services are working at the scene of the accident, investigating the circumstances.

MP/PR