4 killed, 7 injured as crane smashes into bus in Astana

ASTANA. August 6. KAZINFORM Four people were killed, seven others were injured after a crane smashed into a Route 36 passenger bus at 2:11 p.m. August 5 in Astana, press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Emergencies reported.

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Three women (born in 1952, 1975, 1981) and an unidentified man, all passengers of the bus, died at the scene. Seven other passengers were taken to a hospital.

The driver of the crane was arrested.