The number of people killed in the collision of a passenger bus and a KAMAZ truck in Tarumovsky District of the Republic of Dagestan rises to 9, representative of the law enforcement body of the republic said.
"According to preliminary information, two more people died in hospital. Thus, the death toll rises to nine people," TASS cited the representative as saying.
Press service of the Internal Affairs Ministry of Dagestan that 27 people were injured in the road accident.
The collision of a passenger bus from Derbent to Anapa and KAMAZ truck happened on the Makhachkala-Astrakhan federal highway near Talovka village in Tarumovsky district.
40 people and 13 units of equipment in total were involved in rectification of the collision consequences. There was no fire, the road was not blocked.
