23 dead, 37 injured in Russian bus crash

Twenty-three people died and 37 have been injured after a bus ran off the road in the republic of Chuvashia, in central Russia…

Twenty-three people died and 37 have been injured after a bus ran off the road in the republic of Chuvashia, in central Russia, early this morning.

The latest victim of the crash which occurred Sunday morning was a five-year-old boy who died from his wounds in the early evening hours.

According to preliminary investigations, the bus, which had been travelling at speed between two villages, drove into a ditch and overturned, the NTV channel reported, adding that the driver of the vehicle had survived the crash.

Fifteen of the injured are being treated in hospital with three described as being in a critical condition, sources said.

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Chuvashia's president Nikolai Fyodor has declared Tuesday as a day of mourning throughout the republic. AFP