Car accident in Russia's Primorye kills five

Five people died when three cars collided in Russia's Primorye Territory, a spokesman for the local emergency services said on Monday.

VLADIVOSTOK, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - Five people died when three cars collided in Russia's Primorye Territory, a spokesman for the local emergency services said on Monday.

"Three cars collided on the Partizansk-Lazo highway, two of them caught fire after a head-on crash," the spokesman said, adding five people died at the scene, and another one was hospitalized.

He said emergency officials, traffic police and firefighters were working at the site.