Overview
- In Karelia, nine people including five children were hurt when a Skoda Kodiaq collided head-on with a Kia on the R-21 Kola highway.
- Regional health officials said a child and a 38-year-old woman from that crash are in intensive care after emergency teams transferred patients to specialized hospitals.
- Police in Karelia report the Kodiaq moved from the shoulder into the oncoming lane, with the SUV carrying the driver, his spouse and five grandchildren.
- In the Saratov region’s Pugachyov, a Lexus and a GAZ truck crashed, injuring a woman and three boys aged 17, 12 and 4.
- In the Moscow region’s Klin district, an Opel crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a LiAZ bus, killing a car passenger and sending the driver and two others to hospital; in Ulan-Ude, a Lexus struck a tram stop, injuring a 16-year-old girl and a 61-year-old woman.