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KIEV, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Three Jordanian citizens were killed in a car crash in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkov late Thursday, the State Emergency Service said Friday.
The accident occurred at 11:53 p.m. local time (20:53 GMT), when the driver of a passenger car lost control of his vehicle and hit a power line pole, the agency said in a statement.
Three passengers, who were university students in Kharkov, died at the scene. The local police have launched an investigation into the accident.
According to official statistics, 1,377 people have lost their lives in over 76,000 traffic accidents in Ukraine during the first half of 2017.
