Two Russian citizens died in a road accident near a port town of Otaru, in Hokkaido. According to local police, on Monday their car for unknown reasons jumped into the opposite lane and collided head-on with another car. Itar-Tass reported that driver Andrei Podoitsyn, 36, and passenger Konstantin Murzayev died instantly. A Japanese driver from the incoming car also died, while his passengers - a woman and a nine-year-old girl - were hospitalized. The two Russians worked for a seafood trade company that has offices in Sapporo and Wakkanai, Hokkaido.
