By  Trend

Eight people were killed and one more injured in a serious car accident, involving a minibus, in the Russian Voronezh Region, the regional department of the Russian Interior Ministry said, Trend reports citing Sputnik.

The accident occurred at 8:26 p.m. local time on Saturday on the Voronezh-Luhansk highway, with the minibus having collided with a Ford Focus car.

“The death toll reached eight people,” the department’s spokeswoman, Natalia Kulikova said.

According to earlier remarks of the department, the accident also left a 10-year-old girl injured.