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| Children injured as bus collides with car outside Moscow – reports | Children injured as bus collides with car outside Moscow – reports |
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| A bus carrying around 40 children has collided with a car in Moscow region. The driver of the passenger vehicle has been killed, police confirmed. Over 15 children are feared injured. | A bus carrying around 40 children has collided with a car in Moscow region. The driver of the passenger vehicle has been killed, police confirmed. Over 15 children are feared injured. |
| “According to preliminary data, over 15 children were injured,” a source told Interfax news agency. The tour bus with children was involved in a head-on collision with a car in Moscow Region on Thursday. The driver of the car has died, police have confirmed. | “According to preliminary data, over 15 children were injured,” a source told Interfax news agency. The tour bus with children was involved in a head-on collision with a car in Moscow Region on Thursday. The driver of the car has died, police have confirmed. |
| The exact causes of the crash were not immediately clear. The incident took place on a rural highway, known as the Smaller Moscow Circle. The police and emergency services are at the scene of the incident. | The exact causes of the crash were not immediately clear. The incident took place on a rural highway, known as the Smaller Moscow Circle. The police and emergency services are at the scene of the incident. |
| Children’s rights advocate for Moscow Region Ksenia Mishonova gave lower figures on the injured and provided a preliminary evaluation of the cause. | Children’s rights advocate for Moscow Region Ksenia Mishonova gave lower figures on the injured and provided a preliminary evaluation of the cause. |
| “According to information at our disposal, the bus carried 50 children, they’ve headed for a tour. The passenger car’s driver got on the wrong side of the road. Seven children have been injured, according to the preliminary data,” she told the agency. | “According to information at our disposal, the bus carried 50 children, they’ve headed for a tour. The passenger car’s driver got on the wrong side of the road. Seven children have been injured, according to the preliminary data,” she told the agency. |
| The Moscow Region Prosecutor’s Office will launch a probe into the incident, according to its press service. | |
| Footage purportedly taken at the scene shows the bus and car lying on the sides of the road. A group of children, as well as multiple police and emergency services vehicles, can be seen near the overturned bus. | Footage purportedly taken at the scene shows the bus and car lying on the sides of the road. A group of children, as well as multiple police and emergency services vehicles, can be seen near the overturned bus. |
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