Eight people were killed and another 17 were injured in a road accident in Kryvy Rih in Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday morning, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on its website.

"Eight people were killed and another 17 were injured when an Ikarus passenger bus, a Mercedes Sprinter shuttle mini-bus and a Mazda 6 car collided at an intersection of Metalurhiv Avenue and Anti-Terrorist Operation Heroes Street in the city of Kryvy Rih at 5:55 on April 17," the service said.