Driver Impaled By Tree BranchAftermath of a deadly car crash in Russia.

"Accident with tragic consequences occurred today at eight o'clock in the morning, at the 188th kilometer of Kurgan-Tyumen highway. Driver lost control and slid into a ditch - in the car were five people, four of them were citizens of Kyrgyzstan. They were returning from the Kurgan region. The driver of the car, 25-year-old resident of Tyumen, was killed. Two passengers were taken to hospital, and medical assistance provided on the site to two other passengers. According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident was speeding. The distance between leaving roadway and where vehicle came to rest was 140 meters. The car hit several trees, one of the thick branches pierced the driver's neck. Over the past three years, the deceased driver had three traffic violations, the last two of them - speeding on the same Kurgan-Tyumen highway."