Nikolai Karachentsov was hospitalized after an accident in the Moscow region

Actor Nikolai Karachentsov was hospitalized with a head injury after the car in which he was traveling collided with a Gazelle in the suburbs.

The actor was diagnosed with a concussion, a source in emergency services told Interfax.

A relative of the actor and a nurse accompanying him were also hospitalized, an Interfax source in law enforcement said. There is no information about their condition.

The son of the actor Andrey Karachentsov confirmed the fact of hospitalization, adding that "so far there are no other details."

According to Andrei Karachentsov, as a result of the collision, the car turned over, reports the 360 ​​TV channel . Behind the wheel of the car, as follows from the message "Life", was the wife of the actor Lyudmila Porgina.

• Actor Nikolai Karachentsov is 72 years old. On the night of February 28, 2005, he got into an accident on Michurinsky Prospekt in Moscow and received a serious head injury. He spent about a month in a coma and underwent several operations; after the accident, he lost his speech. The actor's career ended after the incident.