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The Ministry of Emergency Situations’ “112” hotline received a report of a traffic accident in Garadagh settlement, Garadagh district of the capital, with people trapped inside a vehicle.
Rescuers from the ministry’s Special Risk Rescue Service were immediately dispatched to the scene, the ministry’s press service told the “Operative Information Center-OMM”.
After assessing the situation, rescuers determined that a Mercedes Atego truck had crashed into metal barriers, leaving people trapped inside the damaged vehicle.
Using special rescue equipment, rescuers recovered the bodies of four people and rescued one person alive. They handed them over to the relevant authorities.
Relevant agencies are investigating the incident.
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At around 14:20 today, a Mercedes Atego truck overturned after its driver lost control and it struck a metal barrier on the 21st kilometer of the Baku-Gazakh highway.
The Interior Ministry (MIA) told the “Operative Information Center-OMM”.
Three people were killed and two were injured, the ministry said.
An investigation is underway.
