Six killed in passenger bus crash in Russia’s south

Six killed in passenger bus crash in Russia’s south

Six people were killed and up to 20 more were injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck on a highway in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Territory today, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry’s local department Maria Pirogova said.

The passenger bus crashed into a truck, which was parked on a roadside of the M-4 Don highway.

"Three people, including the driver of the bus, were killed on the scene, two more died on the way to hospitals, and another victim passed away in an emergency room," TASS cited the spokesperson as saying.

There were a total of 26 people riding in the bus and 18 of them are now in regional hospitals, the Interior Ministry’s department stated.

The incident occurred near the Molkino village. The bus was en route from the country’s southern resort city of Adler to Nizhny Novgorod. 

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