KIEV, May 3 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed and six others were injured on Tuesday in a collision between a passenger bus and a fuel truck in Ukraine's western Rivne region, the National Police of Ukraine said.
The two vehicles collided at about 7:20 p.m. local time on the Kiev-Chop highway near the village of Sytne and caught fire, the police said on Facebook.
Traffic on the Kiev-Chop highway in this section was completely closed following the accident, and a team of investigators was working on the site, the police said. ■
