Bus plunges onto river in Russia; 19 killed
A passenger bus plunged off a bridge onto a frozen river in Siberia yesterday, killing 19 of the more than 40 people on board, authorities said. A tyre on the bus burst as it was crossing the bridge over the Kuenga river in eastern Siberia’s Zabaikalsky region. The vehicle, which was travelling from Sretensk to Chita, skidded off the road and onto the ice. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes serious incidents, said it had opened a criminal inquiry into a possible violation of traffic safety rules.
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