SRETENSK, RU. (THECOUNT) — At least 19 people have been killed after a bus skidded off a bridge in Russia on Sunday and plunged into a river, according to reports.
Russia’s emergencies ministry said in a statement on its website that the bus, travelling from the town of Sretensk, in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia enroute to the city of Chita, fell from a bridge into the Kuenga river on Sunday.
“According to updated information, 19 people died, 21 have various injuries,” the local government for the Zabaikalsk region said in a statement.
Officials said about 43 passengers and a driver were on the bus at the time of the horror crash.
A police spokeswoman told Russia-24 TV that the cause of the accident was being investigated, reports YahooNews.
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Geo quick facts: Sretensk is a town and the administrative center of Sretensky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River, 385 kilometers east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 6,850; 8,192; 10,445.Wikipedia
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