Thirteen people got injured in a road accident in Rostov region

Thirteen people got injured in a road accident in Rostov region where a bus collided with a car.

"Thirteen people got injured, three of them were in the car and the rest ten in the bus. All in all there were 25 passengers in the bus. All the injured persons were taken to two hospitals", a representative of the regional State Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

The Regional Department of prevention and elimination emergency situations has another data on the injured people: a representative of the office declared that according to preliminary information there were five of them.

"According to preliminary data, as a result of the accident the driver of the car and four passengers of the bus got injured. Three of them were hospitalized", an official of the Department said.

A report of the road accident on the 18-th kilometer of Rostov-on-Don - Novoshakhtinsk highway came to the duty board about 08:00 Moscow time today. A "PAZ" bus with employees of "Impulse" building company and a "Mitsubishi" collided slap-bang. According to an official of State Department of the Department of Interior Affairs, the bus "flew down into the ravine".

The Department also reported that there were 25 people in the bus. The employees were going to the building site of "Rostovskaya 500" power station in the settlement of Generalskoye, RIA "Novosti" informs.

"Caucasian Knot" has formerly reported a similar road accident in Rostov-on-Don on November, 28. A bus and a "Nissan Primera" collided then. Seven persons were injured as a result of the accident.

On November, 11, a mini-taxi collided with a regular-route bus. Nine persons were hospitalized.