Officials from Grodna die in a car crash

The driver of the vehicle carrying officials from the Grodna regional executive committee on April 20 lost control of his Volga and collided with a heavy truck near the village of Aksakaushyna in Minsk district. According to a traffic police inspector Pavel Korabau, two officials -- the deputy chairman of the committee on agriculture at the Grodna regional executive committee and the deputy director of the Grodnaablselgastehnika died on the spot. The Volga's driver was admitted to a nearby hospital, writes Vecherny Grodna newspaper.