Published on 11:14 AM, October 12, 2018

Eleven die as bus and truck collide in Russia

11 were killed in a road accident as a bus and a truck collided in Russia’s Chuvashia region on Thursday, October 11, 2018. Photo: Video grab/ Reuters

Eleven people died and eight were injured when a bus collided with a truck late in Russia’s Chuvashia region, around 700 km to the east of Moscow on Thursday (October 11).

Local emergency services released video of destroyed vehicles and emergency services at the scene, saying that the bus travelling from the town of Kanash to Moscow was carrying 19 passengers and crashed at around 19:00 local time (1600 GMT).