Two people were killed and at least 12 injured...

The source said that the accident occurred at 5:30 a.m. (o2:30 GMT) near Moscow"s Izmailovsky Park district, when a minivan taxi collided with a Daewoo Nexia car with five people inside.

According to statistics, 30,000 people lose their lives in traffic accidents every year in Russia.

Last year President Dmitry Medvedev blamed the carnage on the poor state of the country"s roads, as well as a "lack of discipline, and the criminal negligence of drivers."

MOSCOW, February 25 (RIA Novosti)