An Armenian citizen was killed and eight more injured as a result of an accident in the Russian Novosibirsk region, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Novosibirsk Region reported.

The accident occurred on Sunday evening as the driver lost control and flew into the ditch.

As TASS reported referring to the regional Health Ministry, three injured are in intensive care, five more with various injuries are in the surgical department of the district hospital. According to updated data, eight people were injured in the accident, one woman - a citizen of Armenia - died. According to the Unified duty dispatch service of the district, citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are among the injured.

Police officers began a preliminary investigation into this accident, the circumstances and causes of the road accident are being established. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided. An auto-technical examination has been appointed to establish the causes of the accident.