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title: "Road accident with minibus taxi claims 14 lives in Ukraine"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/36837/road-accident-with-minibus-taxi-claims-14-lives-in-ukraine
published: 2024-07-07T07:36:33Z
language: en
author: "Ecaterina Arvintii"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Road accident with minibus taxi claims 14 lives in Ukraine

> Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced via a post on his Telegram channel that a fatal road accident occurred in north-western Ukraine, resulting in the death of 14 individuals, one of whom was a six-year-old child, DPA reports.

Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced via a post on his Telegram channel that a fatal road accident occurred in north-western Ukraine, resulting in the death of 14 individuals, one of whom was a six-year-old child, DPA reports.

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A serious road accident in north-western Ukraine has claimed the lives of 14 people, including a child aged six, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on his Telegram channel on Saturday.

A petrol truck had collided with a minibus taxi in the Rivne region, he said. Police and emergency services were at the scene, Klymenko posted.

Doctors were battling to save the life of the sole survivor, a badly injured woman, he said.

The minibus was almost totally destroyed in the collision, as photos provided by the emergency services showed.

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