UFA, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - A woman was killed and 15 people, including two children, were injured after a passenger bus plunged into a borrow pit in the southern Urals republic of Bashkortostan, local Interior Ministry’s press service said on Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday night after a Paz passenger bus swerved off the mountainous road and plunged from a 10-meter (33-foot) height into a borrow pit some 220 kilometers (137 miles) to the west of the republic’s capital of Ufa.
The ministry said 15 people, including two children, were hospitalized and two of the injured people remain in critical condition.
Investigators are working to establish the cause of the traffic accident.
About 30,000 people die in traffic accidents in Russia annually. The accidents are attributed to a poor condition of roads and traffic violations, including drunk driving, running red lights and crossing into the oncoming lane.
