4 died, 2 injured in collision between car and bus in Akmola region

Four people were killed and two were injured March 23 when a VAZ car and a Yutong bus collided on a highway in Akmola region, Kazinform News Agency reports.

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The police department of Akmola region said in a statement that the accident took place on March 23 in the road between Stepnogorsk town and Zavodskoi village. As a result of the accident, a driver and three passengers of VAZ car died on the spot, with two more underage passengers taken to a hospital with different injuries.

An investigation into the accident has been launched.

Earlier it was reported that wo people had died, another three were injured in a gas filling station explosion in Turkistan region.