Intercity bus, EN route from Moscow to Yoshkar-Ola, faced with the milk in the Nizhny Novgorod region. In consequence of an accident killed both drivers and vehicles more than 10 passengers received various injuries, according to the regional interior Ministry.
The accident happened about 04:15 in the capital's time to 540 km of highway M-7 "Volga" in Vorotynsk area. Regular bus Mercedes left on a strip of oncoming traffic, where faced with the milk MAN. At the time of the tragedy in the bus was attended by 49 passengers, 11 of them asked for honey assistance specified in a press release.
Other passengers of the bus has already sent to the destination by passing cars, said the regional emergencies Ministry, by publishing a report on the tragedy. Judging by the pictures, the shock was terrible power. Whatever it was, from the cab of the truck almost nothing left.
The culprit of the tragedy in police believe the driver of the bus he was no match for the control and crossed into the oncoming lane," reports "Interfax" referring to GU the Ministry of internal Affairs on the Nizhniy Novgorod region. It is likely that the bus driver could not fall asleep at the wheel.
Six injured passengers were hospitalized with injuries of different severity. Children among victims there, say police. There do not exclude that the number of victims may grow, as during the day, other passengers can ask for help in an emergency room.
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