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Seven Injured in Car–Minibus Crash in Samara’s Volzhsky District

Police cite preliminary evidence that a Volkswagen crossed into oncoming traffic as a formal inquiry proceeds.

Overview

  • Regional emergency services report no fatalities and confirm seven people injured, with five undergoing medical examination.
  • The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and a chartered Gazelle minibus operating on the Maksimovka–Samara route.
  • The crash occurred near Chernorechye at the 6th kilometer of the Beloozerki–Chernovsky–Nikolaevka road.
  • Police say initial findings indicate the car moved into the opposite lane, hit the minibus, then left the roadway and overturned.
  • Authorities state there were 13 passengers and a driver on the minibus, and there are no children among the injured.