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Black Sea bus crash: At least 14 people killed in Russia after vehicle plunges into water Black Sea bus crash: At least 14 people killed in Russia after vehicle plunges into water
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Russia's emergency ministry said on Friday that at least 14 people had been killed in the south of the country after a bus carrying a group of workers plunged into the sea, the Interfax news agency reported. At least 14 people have been killed in southern Russia after a bus carrying construction workers plunged into the sea.
Eight more people were injured, five of whom were in a serious condition, the ministry said. Eight more people were injured, five seriously, and three others remain missing after the bus fell from a pier on Friday morning, said Russia's emergency ministry.
Investigators said the bus had been carrying workers who were building a pier for an oil company on the Black Sea coast close to Crimea. The bus had been carrying workers who were building a pier for an oil company on the Black Sea coast close to Crimea.
Twenty people have been rescued and scuba divers are searching for three missing men. Twenty-four people were rescued and scuba drivers were continuing to search for three missing men.
Investigators did not say how the Friday morning crash happened. The ministry has has not yet established what caused the crash in the village of Volna, in the region Krasnodar. 
More follows… A criminal investigation has been launched, news website Life reported.
The bus has since been lifted from the water by a crane.