Horrible road accident in Kabardino-Balkaria mountains: three people died

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This afternoon, a car fell off a mountain cliff and caught fire in Kabardino-Balkaria. Three people died at the spot - the driver and two passengers.

Today, in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria, a fatal accident took place.

”According to the preliminary data, on Saturday, at about 13.00, on the 19th km of the Chegem Vtoroy - Bulungu highway, at the access to the village of Nizhny Chegem, a Mercedes-Benz car driver lost control of the vehicle. It fell off the cliff,”

– Ministry of Internal Affairs of the KBR informs.

The crashed car caught fire. As a result of the accident, three people who were in the car died on the spot from fatal injuries.

The consequences of a terrible accident were eliminated by 8 employees of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations with two pieces of equipment.