One dies, 20 suffer injuries in bus-truck collision
09:19, 7 August 2009
MOSCOW. August 7. KAZINFORM One died and 20 others were hurt in a night-time road accident in the Krasnodar Territory in the small hours of Friday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
"A truck driver died instantly and 20 bus passengers, including two children were hurt. All have been taken to hospital," the southern regional center of the Emergency Situations Ministry has told Itar-Tass. There were 66 passengers on the bus.
A Setra double decker and a Renault truck collided on the Don highway at 01:15 Moscow time. The bus was en route from Pyatigorsk to Anapa; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.
See www.itar-tass.com for full version.