Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - According to the information of the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Kazan, on 16 January 2020, a traffic accident involving a minibus occurred on the Nizhny Novgorod-Arzamas-Saransk-Issa-Penza-Saratov highway in Saratov Region, in which there were 8 people, including 5 citizens of Uzbekistan, two of them died, three were hospitalized in the regional clinical hospital in Saratov.

The accident occurred at about 8.20 near the village of Polchaninovka.

The dead:

Boltabaev Nodir, born in 1979 (Kuvasay city, Ferghana region);

Sobirov Sardorbek, born 1997 (Baghdad district, Ferghana region).

Injured people:

Mukhamedova Gulor, born in 1968 (Samarkand, Samarkand region);

Ibatov Sunnat, born 1989 (Karshi, Kashkadarya region);

Ballyeva Isa, born 1998 (Khojeyli district, Republic of Karakalpakstan).

The Consulate General took control of the situation, maintains constant contact with law enforcement agencies and a medical institution.