Moscow: At least five people were killed in a road accident in the Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, while seven others were injured, emergency authorities said on Sunday.
At 02:40 local time on Sunday (23:40 GMT on Saturday), a truck and a passenger bus collided on a highway in Kalmykia. The head-on collision led to the death of five people, according to preliminary information from the local branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
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At least seven other people were injured in the accident.
There were a total of 28 passengers on the bus that was headed from Makhachkala, the capital of the Russia’s Republic of Dagestan, to St. Petersburg.
