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At least 17 killed in Moscow bus crash

Multiple fatalities after truck carrying concrete collides with bus

A car drives past the scene of a collision between a bus and a truck outside Moscow July 13, 2013. Seventeen people were killed and many more injured on Saturday when a truck plowed into a bus in a Moscow suburb, breaking it in two, Russia’s emergency ministry said. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
A car drives past the scene of a collision between a bus and a truck outside Moscow July 13, 2013. Seventeen people were killed and many more injured on Saturday when a truck plowed into a bus in a Moscow suburb, breaking it in two, Russia’s emergency ministry said. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Sat Jul 13 2013 - 14:38

At least 17 people have been killed on the outskirts of Moscow after a truck carrying concrete crashed into a passenger bus this afternoon.

A further 22 people have been hospitalised, according to Russian’s Emergency Services Ministry.

The incident occurred when the truck hit the side of the bus near Oznobishino, a suburb in the about 25 miles south of Moscow’s city centre.

The wreckage of a bus is seen as members of the emergency services and police work at the scene of a collision between the bus and a truck outside Moscow July 13, 2013. Seventeen people were killed and many more injured on Saturday when a truck plowed into a bus in a Moscow suburb, breaking it in two, Russia’s emergency ministry said. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
The wreckage of a bus is seen as members of the emergency services and police work at the scene of a collision between the bus and a truck outside Moscow July 13, 2013. Seventeen people were killed and many more injured on Saturday when a truck plowed into a bus in a Moscow suburb, breaking it in two, Russia’s emergency ministry said. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

The drivers of both vehicles are among those taken to hospital, Russian news reports said.