Three people killed, dozens injured in bus accident near Novorossiysk

Three people were killed in an accident near Novorossiysk, as a result of a head-on collision that sent a bus and passenger vehicle off a cliff, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

"Of the 45 people who were in the bus and car, 28 were hospitalized, 3 were killed, 14 people were treated on the scene," TASS cited the source as saying.

The center for disaster medicine said that a child, a man and a woman had died in the accident. Another child, who was considered dead, was resuscitated. "Of the 28 hospitalized, 11 are children. The first aid at the scene of the accident was provided to 14 victims," the agency’s source said. In total 42 people were injured.

On August 7, around 22:20 Moscow time, on the 16th kilometer of the Novorossiysk-Kerch Strait highway, a head-on collision occurred between a Volkswagen Touareg and a Hyundai bus, which caused both vehicles to tumble down the cliff, approximately 30 meters.