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Five killed in Kazakhstan road accident

08:27 29/10/2009

Five people were killed in a road accident in Kazakhstan's western Aktyubinsk Region, the ex-Soviet state's Emergencies Ministry reported Thursday

ASTANA, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Five people were killed in a road accident in Kazakhstan's western Aktyubinsk Region, the ex-Soviet state's Emergencies Ministry reported Thursday.

The ministry said a VAZ car collided with a Howo truck on Wednesday evening on the Chimkent-Samara highway.

"The VAZ driver and four passengers died on the site," it said.

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