Putin’s official presidential car involved in head-on horror crash in Moscow, killing Russian president’s ‘favourite chauffeur’
VLADIMIR Putin's presidential car has been involved in a deadly head-on crash in Moscow.
The Russian president's favourite chauffeur was killed in the horror collision, which was captured in shocking CCTV footage.
The presidential BMW was travelling on Kutuzovsky Avenue in the Russian capital when a Mercedes veered from the other side of the road, smashing into it head-on.
Putin was not in the car at the time.
Russian media reports that the president's official driver was killed in the crash.
Medics are said to have arrived quickly on the scene, but the unnamed victim -- who had more than 40 years' driving experience -- died instantly.
Versions of the mammoth car will also be added to Russia's fleet of vehicles for high-ranking officials and politicians.
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