Five children and one adult were killed and 17 people, including children, were injured in a road accident involving a minibus and a KamAZ truck near the village of Kamianske between Zaporizhia and Vasylivka on Friday, Ukrainian media said.

"The minibus overturned and burned down. It is known that it was carrying tourists from Kyrylivka to Zaporizhia. According to one theory, the truck's brake failed [...] Eight ambulances were sent to the scene," the local Internet media outlet Akzent said, referring to its sources and eyewitnesses.

According to the 112 Ukraine television channel, five children and one adult were killed. Four minors died on the spot, and another child died in hospital. Seventeen people, among them children, were injured.