Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A Government Commission has been created in Uzbekistan for the return to their homeland of those killed as a result of a traffic accident in Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. This was announced by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan.

Earlier, it became known that on 3 April, an accident occurred on the Samara-Shymkent highway near the village of Marjanbulak in Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.

As a result of a collision between a Volvo truck and a Toyota Alphard minivan driven by a citizen of Uzbekistan, the driver of the minivan and his seven passengers, also citizens of Uzbekistan, were killed.

At the direction of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, a Government Commission was formed, which will be responsible for the return to their homeland of those killed on a special plane of the Ministry of Defense and the organization of burial ceremonies.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan noted that their employees maintain constant contact with colleagues from Kazakhstan and jointly conduct an investigation into the causes of the accident.