The official car used to chauffeur Vladimir Putin has been caught up in a horror smash - leaving one dead. <br /> <br />It has been reported that the victim is one of the Russian president's favourite driver, who has worked for him during official duties for 40 years. <br /> <br />The driver has not been named by the media. <br /> <br />Russian news sites reported the president's car - a black BMW - collided with a Mercedes in the country's capital city, Moscow. <br /> <br />The video shows the vehicles travelling along a multi-lane carriageway, smashing into each other in the head-on crash.
