A burned wreck of a vehicle is seen after an accident on the Kyiv-Chop highway, in Rivne region, Ukraine, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 4, 2022. Rivne Region Police/Handout via REUTERS
Twenty-six people were killed in a collision in the Rivne region of western Ukraine involving a bus, a minibus and a fuel truck that exploded after the crash, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
The bus had been heading to Poland, the ministry said on Facebook. It did not say whether it was carrying any people fleeing the war in Ukraine following Russia's invasion.
The dead from Tuesday's collision included 24 passengers and the drivers of both the bus and the minibus. Twelve others were hurt including the driver of the fuel truck, the ministry said.
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A burned wreck of a vehicle is seen after an accident on the Kyiv-Chop highway, in Rivne region, Ukraine, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 4, 2022. Rivne Region Police/Handout via REUTERS
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
A burned wreck of a vehicle is seen after an accident on the Kyiv-Chop highway, in Rivne region, Ukraine, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 4, 2022. Rivne Region Police/Handout via REUTERS Emergency services work on site of a car accident on the Kyiv-Chop highway, in Rivne region, Ukraine, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 4, 2022. Rivne Region Police/Handout via REUTERSEmergency services work on site of a car accident on the Kyiv-Chop highway, in Rivne region, Ukraine, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 4, 2022. Rivne Region Police/Handout via REUTERS
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