The number of injured in a head-on collision between a PAZ bus and a MAN truck in the Yaroslavl Region raised from 25 to 28 people, the press service of the region’s Interior Ministry told reporters on Saturday, APA reports citing Russian media.
"Currently, as a result of the accident, seven people died and 28 were injured. Traffic police, the Emergency Situations Ministry and ambulance teams are working at the scene," the press service said.
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The number of injured of a head-on collision between a PAZ bus and a MAN truck in the Yaroslavl Region raised to 25 people, the number of killed has not changed and amounts to seven people, an official with the Main Directorate of the Emergencies Ministry for the Yaroslavl Region told, APA reports citing TASS.
"As a result of the accident, 25 people were injured, including a child. Seven people died," the official said.
There were 31 people on the bus: the driver and 30 passengers. There was only a driver in the truck. According to police, both drivers were killed on impact and also five bus passengers died in the crash.
The passenger bus and the truck collided on the Yaroslavl-Ivanovo highway on the morning of September 14. According to the preliminary version, the collision occurred after the truck drove into the oncoming lane.
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Seven people were killed and 19 injured in a road accident when a PAZ passenger bus collided with a truck in the Yaroslavl region of Russia, APA reports citing TASS.
Traffic police officers and rescuers are working at the scene of the accident. The causes of the accident are being established.
The regional department of the Emergencies Ministry confirmed information about the accident involving a bus and a truck in the Yaroslavl region.
"There is an accident: a PAZ bus collided with a truck in the Gavrilov-Yamsky district. There is information about the victims, it is being specified," a spokesman with the department told TASS.
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