ASTANA.  March 9. KAZINFORM Five people died in a road tragedy in North Kazakhstan oblast today, the press service of the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry informs.

The accident occurred on the 66 km of Petropavlovsk-Astana highway at 11:30 a.m. on March 9. Three autocars - Audi, Hyundai and MAN collided into each other as a result of which two drivers and three passengers died. One more passenger was taken to a hospital with various traumas.