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| At least 4 dead, 20+ injured after packed bus with children crashes in Russia – authorities (VIDEO) | At least 4 dead, 20+ injured after packed bus with children crashes in Russia – authorities (VIDEO) |
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| The emergency services say at least four people have died in a crash involving a packed bus south-west of Moscow. Over 20 more have been injured, it is reported. | The emergency services say at least four people have died in a crash involving a packed bus south-west of Moscow. Over 20 more have been injured, it is reported. |
| “There were 48 people in the bus, including 33 children,” according to an Emergencies Ministry representative. The vehicle overturned while en-route from the city of Smolensk to Kaluga (south-west of Moscow). | “There were 48 people in the bus, including 33 children,” according to an Emergencies Ministry representative. The vehicle overturned while en-route from the city of Smolensk to Kaluga (south-west of Moscow). |
| Four people have died, the Interior Ministry confirmed to Russian news agencies. More than two dozen – the majority of them children – were injured. Video and photos from the scene show a bus lying on its roof in a snowy ditch, with the front window shattered and doors open. | |
| The trip, which aimed to take the children to a local competition in Kaluga, did not require a police escort, law enforcement said. However, the journey had not been registered with the traffic police, in violation of existing procedures, officials elaborated. |