5 killed, 17 injured in bus-truck collision in Tomsk region

BARNAUL, July 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Five persons died and 17 others were
injured as a passenger bus rammed into a heavy duty truck in Russia's
Tambov region, a spokesman for the regional emergencies administration
told Itar-Tass on Sunday.
According to the spokesman, the bus was en route from Semipalatinsk
(Kazakhstan) to Tomsk when in collided into the Kamaz truck some five
kilometers off the settlement of Mashkovo. According to preliminary data,
there were 35 passengers inside the bus, of whom five were killed and 17
injured. "The information is being verified. Some reports say there were
38 people inside the bus," the spokesman said.
An investigation is underway.