Overview
- The Interior Ministry said a minibus carrying a youth hockey team collided with several cars on the Volgodonsk–Rostov-on-Don road at the 191st kilometer.
- Two people in a Hyundai, the driver and a passenger, died at the scene, according to ministry spokesperson Irina Volk.
- Nineteen people were in the minibus, including 17 children aged 11 to 16, officials and emergency services reported.
- Authorities reported six youth players sought treatment, and emergency services earlier said five people, including three children, were taken to Volgodonsk Central City Hospital with bruises.
- Police opened a review into the crash, while a separate two-car collision on Moscow’s Lipetskaya Street left one person injured, with circumstances under examination.