Five Ukrainians killed in road accident in Poland
A road traffic accident occurred near the city of Brzeg in Poland, in which six people were killed – five of them were Ukrainians.
Source: RMF24, citing Stanisław Bar, the spokesperson for the district prosecutor's office in Opole; European Pravda
Details: According to Bar, five of the six victims of the crash are believed to be Ukrainians.
"This information requires confirmation, as it is impossible to identify these people because the car burned down," he said.
The spokesperson for the district prosecutor's office in Opole noted that the accident occurred on the morning of Christmas Eve: two passenger cars collided.
There were five people in one car, a Volkswagen, and one person in the other, a Ford. After the collision, the first vehicle caught fire.
Later that same day, police identified the driver of the Ford as a 59-year-old resident of Brzeg County.
Updated: Later, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry confirmed that five Ukrainians were killed as a result of the road traffic accident near the city of Brzeg in Poland.
Background:
- On 30 June, a Ukrainian bus was involved in a road accident in Romania; one Ukrainian woman and passengers of a Romanian minibus were injured, with one person killed.
- On 6 July, an accident involving a passenger bus with Ukrainian registration occurred between the cities of Kunszentmárton and Tiszaföldvár in Hungary. Initially, 19 people were reported injured, including 17 minors.
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