Russian family died in a road accident in the Vitebsk region

September 18, Minsk / Viktor Grinkov - BELTA /. A Russian family died in a road accident in the Gorodok district of the Vitebsk region. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the traffic police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. The tragedy occurred this morning near the village of Lakhi. A 30-year-old driver of a VAZ car drove into the oncoming lane, collided with a MAZ truck, after which he drove into a ditch and hit a tree. As a result of the accident, the driver and his 23-year-old wife, who was traveling with him, died. Over the past day, 24 road accidents occurred in the republic, in which 4 people died and 23 were injured, including one child. 135 drivers were detained for driving vehicles while intoxicated. 634 traffic violations by pedestrians were detected, of which 279 were brought to administrative responsibility for the absence of retroreflective elements in the dark. -0-