OREANDA-NEWS  In the Irkutsk region, a bear lying on the road provoked a massive accidentIn the Irkutsk region, a bear lying on the road provoked a massive accident. This was reported in the regional traffic police department of Russia.

The ministry explained that everything happened on the 138th kilometer of the Bratsk — Ust-Ilimsk highway. According to preliminary data, at the time of the accident, there was already a bear on the road, hit earlier by another motorist. The driver of another car ran over the animal, then drove into a ditch.

A truck driver turned out to be nearby, who decided to help the first participant in the accident. At the same time, a woman in a foreign car was moving along the road, she failed to slow down, so she crashed into a heavy truck.

As a result of the incident, none of the people were injured.

Earlier it was reported that four trucks and seven cars collided on the M-2 "Crimea" highway in the Moscow region.