Overview

• Overnight in Samara region’s Syzransky district, eight people, including three minors, were injured in a four-vehicle collision on the M-5 Ural at the 884th kilometer.
• Regional emergency officials reported the crash involved a DAF truck, a Chery, a Volvo truck, and a Kia, with all eight injured taken to a hospital in Syzran.
• According to a preliminary account from the regional Interior Ministry, the DAF truck hit vehicles that were halted for a red signal, triggering the pileup.
• A separate collision on Oct. 4 in Tver region at the 229th kilometer of the M-9 Baltia involved an ambulance and a Hyundai Sonata, leaving five people injured.
• In the Tver crash, those hurt included both drivers, two ambulance passengers, and a passenger from the car, and officials said the circumstances are still being established.