13:25, 28 March 2017 | GMT +6
Road accident claims lives of 5 in Karaganda region
KARAGANDA. KAZINFORM - A road accident in Karaganda region claimed lives of five people on Monday, Kazinform correspondent reports.
The car crash occurred on the Karaganda-Balkhash highway, 50 kilometers away from Aksu-Ayuly village.
"According to reports, a driver of the Audi-80 vehicle lost control of the car, it veered off, crossed into the oncoming lane and rammed into a Mercedes van," Bakytzhan Kudiyarov, spokesperson of the Karaganda internal affairs department, said.
Three Audi passengers died right away. The driver and one more passenger died upon arriving to a hospital.
The Mercedes van driver escaped unharmed.
The local police are investigating.