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2 killed in car accident in St. Petersburg

Published : 24 Feb 2019, 23:58

  DF-Xinhua Report
Police cars are seen near a fallen crane on a street in central Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 21, 2019. File Photo Xinhua.

Two pedestrians were killed and three injured in a car accident on a main street in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Sunday, Russia media reported.

According to preliminary information, the accident occurred at 55 Nevsky Prospect when a car dashed into the sidewalk and hit a number of pedestrians, Interfax news agency reported.

A U.S. citizen and a Moscow resident died in the accident, it said.

Three victims of the accident were hospitalized, including a woman in serious condition and two men in a state of moderate severity, St. Petersburg's vice-governor Anna Mityanina said on Twitter.

Preliminary data showed that the driver, who was driving a BMW X6, was born in 1989.