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| At least 7 dead, 20+ injured after packed bus with children crashes in Russia (VIDEO) | |
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| At least seven people, most of them children, have died in a horrific crash involving a packed bus south-west of Moscow. Over 20 more have been injured. | At least seven people, most of them children, have died in a horrific crash involving a packed bus south-west of Moscow. Over 20 more have been injured. |
| “There were 48 people in the bus, including 33 children,” according to Emergencies Ministry. The vehicle overturned while en-route to the city of Kaluga (south-west of Moscow). | |
| Seven people have died, the Interior Ministry confirmed, with “four children among them.” More than two dozen – the majority also children – were injured. Videos from the scene show a bus lying on its roof in a snowy ditch, with the front window shattered and doors open. | |
| According to preliminary information, the driver lost control of the vehicle and skidded off the road. He has been detained pending investigation, but a later blood test revealed no signs of alcohol abuse. | |
| The trip, which aimed to take the children to a local dance competition in Kaluga, did not require a police escort, law enforcement said. But the journey had not been registered with the traffic police, in violation of existing procedures, officials elaborated. |