Bus overturns in Russia's Volga area, over 20 injured
13:48, 4 February 2009
NIZHNY NOVGOROD. February 4. KAZINFORM A total of 22 people were injured on Wednesday after a bus overturned near the town of Bogorodsk in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, in Russia's Volga area.
Preliminary reports said the bus driver lost control of his vehicle that skidded off the road at 7:43 a.m. [04:43 GMT], a spokesman for the local emergencies service said.
Two of the injured are in a "critical state," he said. All of the injured have been sent to hospital, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.