5 football fans killed in south Russia highway crash

Five people were killed and five others hospitalized after a passenger vehicle hit a stationary truck on the highway in south Russia's Rostov region Wednesday, local news agencies reported.

The accident took place at around 3:30 a.m. Moscow time (0030 GMT), when the vehicle carrying football fans rammed into the truck parked on the roadside.

Law enforcement officers are investigating the collision.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)