In Dagestan, death toll in traffic accident reaches nine persons

One more person, who was injured in the collision of a passenger bus and a truck in Dagestan, died in hospital.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that last night, a passenger bus and a KamAZ truck collided on the federal highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan, near the village of Talovka of the Tarumovka District of Dagestan. As a result of the traffic accident, seven people were killed, and 26 others were injured. Later, one of the injured persons died in hospital.

One more person died from injuries, the "Interfax" reports with reference to a source from the law enforcement bodies. The information was confirmed by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

The number of the hospitalized people includes four children, and two of them are 5-6-years old, the "Interfax" reports.

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