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Truck hits police van in Russian Volga city, six killed

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MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Six people including four policemen died on Monday morning when the van they were travelling in was hit from behind by a speeding truck on a highway leading into the Volga city of Ulyanovsk, a police source said.

The source told RIA Novosti that the driver of the Kamaz truck survived, and has been arrested. The collision occurred on the Moskovskoye highway, in the city's Zasviyazhsky district.

Two women travelling in the police UAZ van died along with the officers. An investigation into the incident is underway, the source said.

More than 18,000 people, including 685 children, have died so far this year on Russia's roads.

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