MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti) - Two Chechens were killed and five police officers injured when an Ural truck crashed into an armored personnel carrier, a police spokesman in the Russian North Caucasus republic said on Friday.
The accident took place in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno on Thursday. According to preliminary reports, the driver of the Ural truck lost control and crashed into the personnel carrier before hitting two men standing by the roadside, killing them instantly.
"As a result of the crash with the APC the Ural truck hit two men...standing by the roadside. They both died from their injuries," the spokesman said.
After being hit by the truck the personnel carrier swerved off the road crashing into a house and destroying the fence and part of the veranda. Three police officers in the vehicle were hospitalized and another two received medical treatment at the scene.
An accident investigation is underway.
