Tashkent, July 8 -- A driver and passenger died in Bukhara as ambulance car had crashed into a truck, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan reported.

The accident happened on July 7 at approximately 5:25 am on the 345th kilometer of the A-380 Guzar-Bukhara-Nukus-Beineu highway in the territory of the Bukhara region.

It is reported that the truck was standing on the roadside, and Damas crashed into it from behind.

The investigation department has initiated a criminal case under paragraph " A " of part 3, article 266 of the Criminal code.

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