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The Associated Press
Posted: Oct 06, 2017 7:05 AM ET
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2017 7:05 AM ET
Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry says 19 citizens of the former Soviet nation were killed when a train slammed into a bus carrying them near Moscow.
Russia’s state investigative committee said another five passengers of the bus were injured in Friday’s collision in the town of Pokrov, about 85 kilometres east of Moscow.
The Uzbek Foreign Ministry said 56 people on the bus were Uzbek citizens and two others were drivers from Kazakhstan. The local administration said the bus was carrying migrant workers from Uzbekistan heading to their native country.
According to preliminary information, the bus became stuck in a railway crossing because of a technical malfunction. The train’s driver hit the brakes, but was unable to prevent the collision.
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