At least 7 dead, 35 injured as bus overturns near Tula in Russia

Published time: 3 Nov, 2015 01:26Edited time: 3 Nov, 2015 07:55

At least seven people were killed and 35 injured when a passenger bus on its way from Moscow to the Armenian capital of Yerevan overturned on the M4 “Don” highway in Tula Region, RIA Novosti reported, citing emergency services.

The vehicle, reportedly a Hyundai bus carrying 63 passengers, wobbled for about 200 meters before crashing onto its right side, according to the local police press-service quoted by TASS.

All of the injured have been evacuated to nearby regional hospitals, while the rest of the passengers have been given shelter in a local cinema.

“Almost all traveling in the bus [were] citizens of Armenia, all of them were adults, there were no children,” local emergency service told TASS.

Рейсовый автобус «Москва-Ереван» опрокинулся в Тульской области, погибли шесть человек https://t.co/gVegjwPNIE pic.twitter.com/jxBuIsCq1I
— RT на русском (@RT_russian) November 3, 2015

The bus, which can carry up to 65 passengers, was nearly full at the time of the crash.

The driver, who is now “in a state of shock,” was not injured.