16 killed in tanker truck crash in Rivne region

Sixteen people were killed in a traffic accident involving a tanker truck, a bus and a car on the Kyiv-Chop highway in the Rivne region on Tuesday, May 3.

According to Ukrinform, the National Police of Ukraine reported this on Facebook.

"A fatal traffic accident involving a tanker truck, a bus and a car occurred today, May 3, at about 19:20 on the Kyiv-Chop highway near the village of Sytne in the Dubno district," the statement said.

As a result of the collision, the vehicles caught fire. Six people were injured in the accident, the statement said.