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Nine dead, 22 injured in Russian bus crash

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IANS St. Petersburg

Nine people, including a child, were killed and 22 others injured in a bus crash in Russia, the local emergency ministry said Saturday.

The accident happened in Russia's northeastern Pskov state around 4 a.m. local time when a bus drove into the opposite lane and collided head on with another bus on a

highway connecting Moscow with Riga, reported Xinhua.

Both buses were badly damaged in the collision.

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First Published: Sep 07 2013 | 4:16 PM IST

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