<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">More than a dozen people have died in a road accident in the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk, which is mostly controlled by Russian forces, the Moscow-installed region's head said Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"A tragedy on the T-0517 highway claimed the lives of 16 people, among them were some of our defenders," the Russia-appointed head of Donetsk Denis Pushilin said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>Four other passengers were injured in the accident that took place between Torez and Shakhtarsk, according to Pushilin. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>