A mass accident involving 17 vehicles occurred on the federal highway A-401 in Kamchatka. Writes about this RIA Novosti with reference to the traffic police department in the Kamchatka Territory. 17 cars. There were no injuries,” the traffic police told the agency.

According to preliminary data, one of the drivers lost control on a slippery road, as a result of which his car skidded, and caused numerous accidents. The footage shows damaged cars and a stretched traffic jam.

The traffic police went to the scene. Traffic in the direction of Yelizovo is temporarily blocked.

Earlier, a massive accident occurred in Vladivostok – almost 40 cars collided near the village of Uglovoe. The accident occurred on the Khabarovsk-Vladivostok highway. Preliminarily, the accident happened due to non-observance of the distance by the drivers, two people were injured, one of whom was a minor.