On October 18, near the village of Hirnyky in the Ratniv district, three people died as a result of a traffic accident, and another one was taken to the hospital with severe injuries, the Western Information Corporation was told at the Central Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn region. \n \nAs reported by Senior Inspector for Special Assignments of the Traffic Police Serhiy Komaretskyi, at around 5 p.m., 24-year-old resident of the village of Zhyrychi Volodymyr M., driving a VAZ-2109 car, tried to overtake a tractor. In doing so, he drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a VAZ-2107, which, in addition to the driver, had two passengers. The cars caught fire immediately after the strong impact. Another driver who happened to be at the scene of the accident at that moment rushed to save people from the burning cars. Only the passenger of the "seven," 35-year-old Lutska resident Olena O., could be saved. She was hospitalized at the central district hospital with a traumatic brain injury, cerebral contusion, and a fracture of the right shoulder. \n \nUnfortunately, the drivers of both cars, Volodymyr M., a 36-year-old resident of the regional center Mykola M., as well as the passenger of the "seven," 41-year-old resident of the city of Rozhyshche Anton K., died. The cars burned to the ground. \n \nAn investigation is currently underway. \n