MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Traffic police in the northern Urals are investigating the cause of a fatal road crash, which killed four Syrian nationals, a local police source said on Tuesday.

The accident occurred on Monday near the village of Shakharovo in the Perm Territory.

"A Syrian national driving a Lada car with his three compatriots - students at the Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy - lost control of his vehicle, drove into the oncoming lane and crashed into a Renault truck," the source said.

The driver and his three passengers died immediately. The truck driver was not seriously injured.