In the Urjar district of Abay region, Kazakhstan, a car ran over a group of children.

Axar.az reports that the incident resulted in the deaths of three children, while three others were injured.

It is reported that in Besterek village, a 55-year-old driver of a Toyota lost control and hit the children standing near the gate of a house about 10 meters from the road.

“As a result of the incident, two children died at the scene, and one died en route to a medical facility. Three more minors were hospitalized with various bodily injuries,” the Urjar district police department stated.

The driver has been detained. An examination showed that he was sober at the time of the accident.

Following an instruction from Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, a military transport plane from the Ministry of Defense was dispatched to the scene carrying a medical team, including a resuscitator, neurosurgeon, and traumatologist, to provide medical assistance to the injured children.